In this case it would appear to me that the Minister of Finance was let down by his advisers, by his bureaucrats who recommended that he act as the principal sponsor of the bill but who did not flag, did not highlight, did not emphasize the potential conflict between his private business interests and article 241 which deals with the tax treatment of shipping companies.
Dans le cas qui nous occupe, il me semble que les conseillers et les fonctionnaires du ministre des Finances l'ont laissé tomber. Ils lui ont recommandé d'agir comme principal parrain de ce projet de loi, mais ils ne l'ont pas prévenu de la possibilité d'un conflit d'intérêts entre ses activités commerciales privées et l'article 241, qui porte sur le traitement fiscal des sociétés de transport maritime.