The question you have to ask is why wouldn't he do everything possible to avoid public scrutiny since it was clear that at some point he would be asked about his finances.You would think that someone in his position, would have a reasonable idea of what would be expected of him when he became Finance Minister. There are any number of people who post on these forums and regardless of their political bent, who know what should be done if you are going to serve as a cabinet minister. Why wouldn't he know ? The simplest thing to do would have been to find out the bare minimum and then go way beyond that, and avoid all problems. Morneau was head of a major financial enterprise, surely he could have figured that out, but apparently not.