As much as I didn't like what he did, I don't think divesting of all his shares is a good idea either.  Putting everything in a blind trust should be sufficient but because he made this mistake and didn't do so, he's going to the extreme to try to get back the trust from Canadians that he probably will never get back.  People who still believe in him are going to stay the course.    I'm just putting myself in his shoes here.  If someone told me that I had to sell $40 million of stock to work  a job that pays me $200,000, I'd say forget it.  I'd try other options, namely the blind trust.