'It's not easy, let's be clear': Carney speaks frankly about dealing with Trump at an event in Australia
PM said Trump is open to hearing ideas and solicits opinions from those he speaks with
Prime Minister Mark Carney pulled back the curtain on his relationship with his American counterpart on Wednesday evening in Australia, saying it's not easy dealing with U.S. President Donald Trump and he must choose his words carefully to avoid any blowback.
Speaking at a think-tank question-and-answer session in Sydney on his Indo-Pacific tour, Carney said Trump is also somewhat different in private than he is in public and that there's room for a free flow of ideas when you sit down with him face to face.
Asked how he has navigated the relationship with the sometimes erratic Trump so far, Carney said: "Respect but not obsequiousness."
Carney on dealing with Trump: 'Respect but not obsequiousness'Carney said he has to recognize that Trump was duly elected and he's become "a very successful politician."
"Elected twice, he would say elected three times. He does."
Carney also said you can't speak about Trump off the cuff.
"I'm going to say something very honest, but it's important: You don't want to say anything in public that you can't back up.
"You've got to choose your words — one chooses language for the audience, that's true in any circumstance, and so careful in terms of the language you use with him," Carney said.
The prime minister said Trump is open to hearing ideas and solicits opinions from those he speaks with.
"It's quite different in private," Carney said.
"And that creates an ability to work through things, but it's not easy, let's be clear."
When the moderator of the Q&A mentioned Carney's standing ovation at this year's World Economic Forum, the prime minister playfully said Trump's "was bigger," a nod to the president's fixation on crowd size and reaction.
Carney's comments come days after he backed the U.S. airstrikes on Iran to wipe out the country's nuclear weapons program — a position he nuanced slightly when speaking to reporters earlier Wednesday. Carney said Canada wants a diplomatic resolution to the conflict.
'You can't do that forever': Carney on Trump's use of U.S. economic leverageWhen asked about Trump's reaction to Canada's agreement with the initial barrage of airstrikes on the Islamic republic, Carney said he hadn't spoken to the president since the war effort began.
Carney said he didn't take that position to curry favour with Trump or extract anything from the Americans.
"We took a position because we view the nuclear threat and the export of terrorism of Iran over decades as one of the gravest threats to international peace and security," he told reporters at a press conference.
"That is not us asking for something in exchange for that. None of that is true. That is just a straight-up position."
Central bankers have more fun: Carney
In a more relaxed tone, Carney also used the f-word while telling a story from his time as a central banker.
Michael Fullilove, the executive director of the Lowy Institute who hosted the chat, asked whether central bankers or prime ministers have more fun. Carney chose central bankers, recalling “crazy” dinners and “good wine."
He told a story from when he was two weeks into his job as governor of the Bank of Canada in early 2008, during the collapse of U.S. investment bank Bear Sterns. Carney said that during a dinner with the G-10 central banks, the group had about an hour and a half to make a decision.
Carney drops f-word in anecdote, says bankers have more fun than politiciansHe recalled being welcomed by the chair, a seven-course meal and being offered what the chair called “the best wine in Europe." However, Carney said the chair took a long time to list and detail every choice of wine.
“And he's like, ‘Well have this one, but you know, the pinot grigio,’ and I’m like f--k,” Carney said, laughing.
He said that after the wine discussion, there was one hour left to make the financial decisions. “An hour later, all I remember is, man the wine is fantastic,” he said.
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Date: Sat, Mar 7, 2026 at 2:41 PM
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Date: Sat, Mar 7, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Subject: RE: Ossowski and I know a lot about Indian Affairs RE Round 2 of Mean Mikey Wernick of the PCO and his many buddies within CBC versus Me Myself and I
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From: Moore, Rob - M.P. <Rob.Moore@parl.gc.ca>
Date: Sat, Mar 7, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Subject: Automatic reply: Ossowski and I know a lot about Indian Affairs RE Round 2 of Mean Mikey Wernick of the PCO and his many buddies within CBC versus Me Myself and I
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Date: Sat, Mar 7, 2026 at 2:42 PM
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Fundy Royal campaign targets middle class with focus on jobs
Fundy Royal voters have elected Conservatives all but 1 time in 28 elections over 101 years
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>> Justice
>> Stephen Harper’s courts: How the judiciary has been remade
>>
>> Sean Fine The Globe and Mail Published Friday, Jul. 24, 2015 3:08PM EDT
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>> http://www.macleans.ca/
>>
>> The power to appoint judges doesn’t mean Harper will get what he wants
>> On Insite, the cruellest blow against the feds’ case came from one of
>> the PM’s own appointees Paul Wells May 20, 2011
>>
>> http://www.macleans.ca/news/
>>
>> Harper v. The Judges
>> The biggest issues facing the country are being tackled not by
>> Parliament, but in court
>> Andrew Stobo Sniderman August 21, 2012
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>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
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>> Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2016 16:10:44 +0000
>> Subject: Automatic reply: Hey JP I just called RE "wondering if barred
>> from all parliamentary properties in Canada" For the Public Record I
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>> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
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>> From: SpkrOff@parl.gc.ca
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2016 11:51 AM
>> To: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
>> Subject: wondering if barred from all parliamentary properties in Canada
>>
>> Dear Mr. Amos:
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>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: "Cmunroe (Liberal / Assistance)" <nbd_cna@liberal.ca>
>> Date: Wed, 06 Jan 2016 19:28:25 +0000
>> Subject: Re: Attn Dr. John Gillis Re Federal Court File No: T-1557-15
>> Trust that I called and tried to reason with a lot of Liberals begore
>> I am before the cour...
>> To: Motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
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>> Cmunroe, Jan 6, 14:28
>>
>> Hello all,
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>> I would ask that you please do not respond to this e-mail (in the
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>>
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>>
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>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: David Amos [mailto:motomaniac333@gmail.
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2016 11:09 AM
>> To: Craig Munroe <cmunroe@glgmlaw.com>; nbd_cna@liberal.ca; pm
>> <pm@pm.gc.ca>; ljulien@liberal.ca; pmilliken <pmilliken@cswan.com>;
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>> Braeden.Caley@vancouver.ca; robert.m.schuett@schuettlaw.
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>> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
>> Karine Fortin <info@ndp.ca>; stephen.harper
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>> Subject: Re: Attn Dr. John Gillis Re Federal Court File No: T-1557-15
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>> <fin.minfinance-financemin.
>> Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2016 15:31:46 +0000
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>> Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2016 15:30:38 +0000
>> Subject: Automatic reply: Re The CBC and Federal Court File no
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Carney shakes up senior ranks of the public service
Prime minister last shuffled his deputy ministers in December
Prime Minister Mark Carney has shaken up the senior ranks of the public service, creating and expanding some roles in a continued effort to put his stamp on the machinery of government.
Carney last shuffled his deputy ministers in December, promising the changes would deliver results for Canadians.
Glenn Purves, who left the public sector in January 2025 to work as an economist at the BlackRock Investment Institute, is coming back to the government fold as Carney's deputy minister of international trade.
Purves served as the assistant deputy minister of economic development for Finance Canada for two years starting in 2021 — a department where he also worked from 2011 to 2018 in various senior roles including director general of fiscal policy.
His long history of public service also included stints as assistant secretary at the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat and a senior adviser at the International Monetary Fund.
David Morrison, the deputy minister of foreign affairs, is moving closer into the prime minister's orbit by taking on his new role as Carney's senior diplomatic and international affairs adviser.
Arun Thangaraj, the deputy minister of transport, is being moved into Morrison's position at Global Affairs Canada.
Morrison will also represent Carney in negotiations with other countries leading up to G7 and G20 summits. He will be working out of the Privy Council Office, the nonpartisan agency that runs the federal public service.
Cynthia Termorshuizen, who held that G7 and G20 role, is being moved to international development where she will serve as deputy minister.
Termorshuizen was the deputy ambassador to China from 2015 to 2018 and previously worked as the associate deputy minister of foreign affairs.
Fentanyl czar takes on more responsibilities
Rob Stewart, who serves as the deputy minister of international trade, is leaving that post to serve as the deputy minister responsible for leading the creation of the new Financial Crimes Agency.
Announced in October, the Financial Crimes Agency is being built to investigate complex cases of money laundering, organized crime and financial scams, and recover the illegal proceeds from those activities.
Dominic Rochon leaves his role as the chief information officer of Canada to become the Privy Council Office's deputy secretary to the cabinet focused on national security and intelligence.
Nathalie Drouin, who has been serving as the deputy clerk of the Privy Council and national security and intelligence adviser to the prime minister since January 2024, was named Canada's new ambassador to France earlier this month.
Canada's
fentanyl czar Kevin Brosseau, shown here in Washington, D.C., alongside
Defence Minister David McGuinty, is taking on new responsibilities in
the shuffle. (Kelly Geraldine Malone/The Canadian Press)David Angell, who was the foreign and defence policy adviser to the prime minister, becomes associate deputy minister of foreign affairs.
Kevin Brosseau, who was named Canada's fentanyl czar in February 2025, is keeping that role but is also being made the senior associate deputy minister of national defence and commissioner of the Canadian Coast Guard.
In a statement the Prime Minister's Office said the "leadership changes support the strong, effective delivery of priorities and results for Canadians, while positioning the federal government to advance Canada's interests and respond to the rapidly shifting dynamics of the global landscape."
Other senior positions named Wednesday include:
- Michael Vandergrift, the former deputy minister of natural resources, becomes deputy minister of transport.
- Ted Gallivan, the interim deputy national security and intelligence adviser to the prime minister, becomes the new deputy minister of immigration, refugees and citizenship.
- Harpreet S. Kochhar, the current deputy minister of immigration, refugees and citizenship, becomes president of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.
- Paul MacKinnon is leaving his position as president of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to serve as deputy minister of fisheries and oceans.
- Nancy Gardiner, who leads the federal economic development agency for southern Ontario, will take on the role of deputy minister of veterans affairs.
- Kaili Levesque leaves her role as associate deputy minister of fisheries and oceans to become an associate deputy minister of innovation, science and economic development. She will also serve as the president of the federal economic development agency for southern Ontario.
- Talal Dakalbab leaves his role as the senior assistant deputy minister in the crime prevention branch of Public Safety Canada to take over as commissioner of corrections from Anne Kelly, who will move into an advisory role pending her upcoming retirement.
- Francis Trudel, the associate chief human resources officer at the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, is being moved to Public Services and Procurement Canada where he will serve as associate deputy minister.
In a statement Carney wished Kelly, Chris Forbes, the former deputy minister of finance and Bob Hamilton, the former commissioner of the Canada Revenue Agency, well on their retirements.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Former deputy minister, businessman Michael Sabia named next Privy Council clerk
Current clerk John Hannaford will be retiring, Prime Minister Carney says
Former deputy finance minister and businessman Michael Sabia has been named the next head of Canada's public service.
Prime Minister Mark Carney announced that he would be tapping Sabia as the next clerk of the Privy Council in a news release on Wednesday.
"Mr. Sabia brings over three decades of expertise across the public and private sectors," the statement from the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) read.
"Canada's exemplary public service — with Mr. Sabia at the helm — will advance nation-building projects, catalyze enormous private investment to drive growth and deliver the change Canadians want and deserve."
The prime minister also announced that the current clerk, John Hannaford will be retiring.
"Mr. Hannaford's leadership has helped guide Canada's response to a wide array of new trade and security challenges, and supported Canada's new government in passing a middle-class tax cut, introducing stronger border security measures and tabling legislation to build one Canadian economy," the PMO statement said.
Sabia was Canada's deputy minister of finance from 2020 until 2023. He has since been the head of Hydro-Québec.
He was also for over a decade the chief executive of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, the province's public pension fund manager, and is a former chief executive of BCE Inc.
"It's fantastic for the federal public service at this moment. It's a critical moment for our country," Carney told Radio-Canada host Patrice Roy in French on Wednesday afternoon.
"You need people with lots of experience in the public service, like Mr. Sabia, but also in investing: investing in green energy, in telecommunications and in the transport sector."
Sabia will officially take over as clerk on July 7, the PMO statement said.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Senior writer
Darren Major is a senior writer for CBC's parliamentary bureau in Ottawa. He previously worked as a digital reporter for CBC Ottawa and a producer for CBC's Power & Politics. He holds a master's degree in journalism and a bachelor's degree in public affairs and policy management, both from Carleton University. He also holds a master's degree in arts from Queen's University. He can be reached at darren.major@cbc.ca.
To: Carolyn.Bennett@parl.gc.ca
Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2022 13:01:29 -0400
---------- Original message ----------
From: carolyn.bennett.a1@parl.gc.ca
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2016 09:13:48 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: =1=: Round 2 of Mean Mikey Wernick of the
PCO and his many buddies within CBC versus Me Myself and I
To: motomaniac333@gmail.com
I am no longer working in the MP office of the Hon. Carolyn Bennett.
For assistance, please contact Carolyn.Bennett@parl.gc.ca. If you need
to reach me for non-Parliamentary matters please email me at
vharaldsen@hotmail.com.
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Office of the Hon. Carolyn Bennett, M.P., M.D.
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From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2016 05:13:31 -0400
Subject: Round 2 of Mean Mikey Wernick of the PCO and his many buddies
within CBC versus Me Myself and I
To: pm <pm@pm.gc.ca>, "justin.trudeau.a1"
<justin.trudeau.a1@parl.gc.ca>
anne-marie.robinson@cfp-psc.
CFP.Enquetes-Investigations.
cfp.emplois-jobs.psc@cfp-psc.
Janice.Charette@pco-bcp.gc.ca, Root.Gorelick@carleton.ca,
bjhobin@hobinarc.com, "“chriscarruthersmd@gmail.com”
<chriscarruthersmd@gmail.com>, dcraig@jlrichards.ca,
debra.armstrong@mbna.com, "Mark.Wright" <Mark.Wright@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>,
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ronaldgjackson@gmail.com, rthompson@nac-can.ca,
tattersfield.anthony@rcgt.com, mmariano@toh.on.ca,
alexcope@eastlink.ca, minister@inac.gc.ca, Chief.paul@hotmail.com,
editor@mediaindigena.com, Minister@aadnc-aandc.gc.ca,
Colleen.swords@ainc-inac.gc.ca
IOGC@inac-ainc.gc.ca, carolyn.bennett.a1@parl.gc.ca, "bob.paulson"
<bob.paulson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "Ian.McPhail"
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As I said never forget Mean Mikey Wernick was appointed Deputy
Minister of Indian Affairs right after I ran against the former
Minister Andy Baby Scott for his seat in Wannabe King Harper's 39th
Parliament
Hmmmm
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/
https://www.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/
Perhaps whilst they were in Halifax yesterday the ladies and your
minions in the RCMP should have read Frank magazine then Edmonton's
most evil Zionist's two newest blogs then compared and talked to Leah
Parsons and her old parmour Glen Canning N'esy Pas Trudeau "The
Younger"?
http://eateshite.blogspot.ca/
http://sunrayzulu.blogspot.ca/
So whilst my complaint Federal Court File No T-1557-15 is still before
the court do Bobby Boy Paulson,Ian McPhail, Patty Hajdu, Carolyn
Bennett, Colleen Swords, Hélène Laurendeau or anyone else want to call
me a liar and put it in writing like the evil Mr Baconfat does?
Some Indians and the lawyers must remember why I ran against Andy
Scott EH TJ Burke?
Me,Myself and I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
http://thedavidamosrant.
Thursday, 13 February 2014
Re The very ethical Lonnie Landrud and what he knows about the Highway
of Tears that the Human Rights Watch Bullshitters and Bob Paulson of
the RCMP will never talk about
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From: AINC-INAC Ministre-Minister <Minister@aadnc-aandc.gc.ca>
Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:49:00 -0500
Subject: Re: I am on the phone right now My # is 902 800 0369
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
Merci d'avoir communiqué avec le Ministre des Affaires autochtones et
du développement du Nord.
Thank you for contacting the Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and
Northern Development.
>>> David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com> 01/24/12 15:48 >>>
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Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:48:24 -0400
Subject: I am on the phone right now My # is 902 800 0369
To: alexcope@eastlink.ca, Chief.paul@hotmail.com, editor@mediaindigena.com
Cc: minister@inac.gc.ca, "Duncan.K" <Duncan.K@parl.gc.ca>, "Duncan.L"
<Duncan.L@parl.gc.ca>, Colleen.swords@ainc-inac.gc.ca
michael.wernick@ainc-inac.gc.
http://www.
Website: www.alexcope.ca
Telephone: 1-902-897-9199 ext 102
Cell: 1-902-956-1584
Fax: 1-902-893-4785
Email: alexcope@eastlink.ca
Mr Cope
Check these links then scroll to the bottom of this email and you will
see that I am no Liar
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http://www.scribd.com/doc/
P.S I called Chief Paul as i said i would but he did not pick up
Telephone: 1-902-897-9199 ext 127
Cellular: 902-890-6486
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819-953-4641
Deputy Minister
Michael Wernick
michael.wernick@ainc-inac.gc.
819-997-0133
819-953-2251
Associate Deputy Minister
Colleen Swords
Colleen.swords@ainc-inac.gc.ca
819-934-0583
819-953-2251DG
Natural Resources and Environment
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Trudeau names new top bureaucrat to renew 'non-partisan' public service
Current Clerk of the Privy Council, Janice Charette, was appointed by
Harper 18 months ago
By John Paul Tasker, CBC News Posted: Jan 20, 2016 2:52 PM ET
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is removing another of Stephen Harper's
top appointments with the announcement Wednesday that he will promote
Michael Wernick to Clerk of the Privy Council, the highest position in
the federal public service.
The prime minister's office said Wernick's appointment was part of its
efforts to "move forward with the renewal of the professional,
non-partisan public service."
The current top bureaucrat, Janice Charette, who had ties to the
former Progressive Conservative party, was on the job for 18 months.
"Michael Wernick is an outstanding public service leader. He has the
depth of experience and the skills we need to move full speed ahead on
the implementation and delivery of our government's agenda," Trudeau
said in a statement.
"I believe strongly in the vital role a modern, professional public
service plays in our democracy. We will ensure its long history of
achievement continues into the future and that its capacity to deliver
services to Canadians and advice to government is renewed and
enhanced."
Wernick, who currently serves under Charette as the deputy clerk of
the Privy Council, has held a number of top jobs in the bureaucracy.
He was deputy minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development
from May 2006 to July 2014 and a senior advisor to the Privy Council
Office from July to September 2014.
Top bureaucrats met to resist partisanship imposed on public service
Privy Council Office tracks party promises to prepare for
government transition
Janice Charette
Wernick will replace Janice Charette, who was named to the post 18 months ago.
"I thank [Charette] for her exemplary service to Canada. She has had a
long and distinguished career as a dedicated, hard-working and
brilliant public servant, and as Clerk she guided the public service
through an election year and my government through a seamless
transition," Trudeau said of the outgoing top civil servant.
"Charette led the public service through a difficult period with
distinction and Canadians should be thankful for her stewardship."
During his tenure at Aboriginal Affairs, Wernick helped implement the
Indian Residential Schools settlement, and concluded a number of
modern treaties and new self-government arrangements with First
Nations.
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Former BCE chief takes helm of Caisse
Sabia takes over after $39.8-billion loss at Quebec pension fund manager
Former Bell Canada boss Michael Sabia is taking over management of the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, promising more transparency and risk management on his first day on the job.
Sabia, 55, was appointed president and CEO Friday after the Caisse's board of directors and the Quebec government agreed he is the best choice to lead the province's public pension fund through one of the toughest periods in its history.
Sabia takes over on the heels of the fund's $39.8-billion loss in assets last year, the largest annual recorded drop in the Caisse's 43 years of existence. As of Dec. 31, 2008, the Caisse held $120.1 billion of net assets, 25 per cent less than the year before.
Sabia said his approach to guiding the fund out of its current mess will be simple.
"This is about making risk management a deep part of the day to day culture of La Caisse. There are no quick fixes here, but I don't think either that they are overly complicated," said Sabia.
Sabia takes over from Fernand Perreault, who has been acting as president and CEO for several months.
Sabia previously held the top jobs at Bell Canada Enterprises (BCE), stepping down last year when the company was in the midst of a $52-billion takeover by a group led by the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan.
The deal collapsed midway through December 2008, when auditor KPMG determined that the new entity would not pass a solvency test required as a condition of closing the deal.
Sabia has also held leadership roles with CN Rail and within the federal Finance Department. He also served as deputy secretary with the Privy Council Office.
"We're very pleased that Mr. Sabia has accepted this challenge and that we can draw on his financial acumen and experience as a senior corporate executive," said Robert Tessier, chairman of the Caisse.
Sabia outlines priorities
In addition to changing the way the fund approaches risk, Sabia wants to review the entire investment strategy of the fund, given the current turbulence in the markets.
"[The market situation] is both a challenge and an opportunity. There are two sides to that and we cannot ignore the opportunity side of that either," said Sabia.
He also committed to improving communication with depositors and the public in general.
The Caisse has an important role to play in the economic future of the province by both investing locally in companies and training future financial leaders, Sabia also said.
Ontario-born boss defends loyalty to Quebec
Sabia took questions from reporters Friday about everything from his economic philosophy to his French-language skills.
Answering comfortably in French, Sabia said for him and his family, Quebec feels like home.
'I supposed there will be some that will say if he's not a native French speaker, then he shouldn't be in the leadership of La Caisse.' — Michael Sabia, new Caisse president and CEO
Later, in English, Sabia answered critics, including former Quebec premier Bernard Landry, who said Friday that only a native Quebecer who understands the "social culture" of the province can effectively run the Caisse.
Sabia said the fact that he has chosen to live in Quebec for the last 16 years, even when there were other offers on the table, demonstrates his loyalty.
"I supposed there will be some that will say if he's not a native French speaker, then he shouldn't be in the leadership of La Caisse," said Sabia.
"The Quebec that I think about is a Quebec that accepts people who have worked hard to learn the language, to work in the language, to be part of the culture … people who do those things even when they have other options."
Sabia's appointment is effective immediately.
Michael Sabia, from outsider to rainmaker
A look at the financial wizard who wants to revolutionize public transit in Montreal
Michael Sabia is seen by many in Quebec as the man with the golden touch.
When he took over the provincial pension fund, it was $40 billion in the hole. He's managed to grow its asset base by $130 billion since then.
Now for his next trick, Sabia is promising to finance the world's third largest light-rail network — at minimal costs to users and government.
The
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec is committing $3 billion of the
$5.5 billion needed to build a light-rail system for the
greater Montreal area, which will stretch 67-kilometres across 24 stops.
"It's an ambitious project, that's obvious," Sabia told Radio-Canada on Friday. "But I think here in Montreal, Quebec, and in Canada as well, we need some ambition."
One of the new commuter rail stations envisioned by the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec. (Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec) Such grandiose plans for public infrastructure would normally give pause to a business community that is conservative by nature. The Caisse's reputation under Sabia, though, has quelled their anxieties.
"It's the rigour of their analysis," Michel Leblanc, the president of the Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal, said when asked why he believed the Caisse would deliver on its promise.
Sabia, however, wasn't always depicted with a halo in Quebec media. His nomination as head of the Caisse was met with much grumbling back in 2009.
He was the first native-English speaker to head the institution that — more than any other — embodies Quebec Inc. Even though Sabia speaks flawless French, former Parti Québécois premier Bernard Landry worried he would smuggle in his "Canadian national culture."
Paul Tellier, who was Sabia's boss at Canadian National Railway, warned his protege that he would be considered an outsider within Quebec's closely knit business class.
"I told him: you are not a member of Quebec Inc., you don't own a country place in the Eastern Townships, and you're not part of the inner circles," Tellier said in a 2009 interview with the Financial Post.
Caisse
de Depot employees listen to their president Michael Sabia, centre,
Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre, left, and vice-president Macky Tall during
a news conference announcing a $5.5-billion electric train for the
Montreal area. (Paul Chiasson/The Canadian Press)Sabia was born in 1953 in St. Catherines, Ont. His mother was a well-known feminist activist, his grandparents Italian immigrants.
He pursued undergraduate studies at the University of Toronto, before completing a graduate degree in economics and politics at Yale.
Bespectacled with thick wavy hair, Sabia still looks like he belongs on a university campus rather than in a corporate boardroom.
In the years after university, Sabia worked his way up the ranks of the federal civil service. It was there that he met Tellier, who brought Sabia with him when he was given the task of privatizing CN.
From CN, it was on to Bell Canada's parent company BCE, where he was eventually appointed president and CEO in 2002.
His tenure atop BCE received mixed reviews. He was initially praised for a conservative management style that did much to stabilize the conglomerate after the investment decisions made by his predecessor turned sour.
But eventually shareholders grew restless as BCE's share price stalled. He nevertheless left the company with a $21-million package.
Sabia on the day he took over as CEO of BCE Inc., back in 2002. (Kevin Frayer/The Canadian Press)The Caisse itself was a mess when Sabia took over, parachuted in by then premier Jean Charest. The fund had lost roughly a quarter of its assets in 2008 thanks to a series of risky real estate investments.
Its impressive turnaround since then is the stuff investment legends are made of.
By 2011, Sabia had returned the Caisse's total net assets to their pre-crisis level. In 2014, the fund recorded a stunning 12 per cent return on investment. It managed a still impressive 9.1 per cent return last year.
He's been lauded for emphasizing long-term investments and making the famously opaque Caisse more transparent.
More recently, Sabia has been intent on growing the fund's global holdings, especially in infrastructure. Nearly 54 per cent of its exposure is now outside Canada.
But by far Sabia's biggest coup to date is the plan for a light-rail system in Montreal, which has the potential to reshape how millions of people commute daily.
The groundwork for the deal was laid last year, when the Quebec government agreed to give the Caisse new powers to invest and control major infrastructure projects in Quebec.
It appears to be a win-win situation. The cash-strapped government gets to offload the cost of massive public works projects, while the Caisse grows its holdings in a sector it considers a priority.
It's the kind of arrangement, though, that has political interference written all over it. But again, Sabia's reputation has muted the concerns of many observers.
"He's not some cowboy coming in from the private sector and who manages the Caisse based on political contacts," Pierre Fortin, an economics professor at Université du Québec à Montréal, told Radio-Canada recently.
"I think we can trust him at least to launch its involvement in infrastructure."
Leveraged Buyout of Bell Canada Enterprises
Bell Canada Enterprises (BCE) is the largest
telecommunications company in Canada and the parent of Bell Canada, the
company that provides most wireline telephone services in Canada. BCE's
shares trade on the Toronto and New York Stock Exchanges.
In mid-2007, the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, together with two US
private equity firms, announced an offer to buy all of BCE's shares and
take the company private. At C$52 billion, it would have been the
largest leveraged buyout (LBO) in history. But given Bell Canada's
strategic importance to Canada, court approval was required for the
transaction. A group of bondholders, whose interests could have been
adversely affected by the LBO, filed suit to prevent the deal from
closing. The bondholders claimed that the proposed transaction would be
contrary to Canadian law because it would provide no benefits to Bell
Canada and that they had an expectation that the investment grade status
of their bonds would be preserved and maintained in all circumstances.
NERA experts Dr. Andrew Carron and Dr. James Jordan were retained on
behalf of BCE to provide expert testimony to the trial court. Dr. Carron
and Dr. Jordan were asked to discuss potential economic benefits of
LBOs to firms generally and to BCE in particular; whether the BCE LBO
was different from other LBOs in terms of the level of risk; the
potential negative impacts of LBOs on bondholders; whether those risks
are generally known to participants in the bond market; and how such
risks can be managed by bondholders. They also responded to the
testimony on economic harm and mitigation propounded by the bondholders'
experts.
Dr. Carron and Dr. Jordan submitted a joint expert report in November
2007. They described how the financial markets anticipate the
possibility of LBOs and set bond prices accordingly. Some bond issuers
provide protective covenants in exchange for a lower interest rate; many
of the BCE bonds did not have such protections, a fact easily
determined by prospective purchasers. Both Dr. Carron and Dr. Jordan
then testified at the hearing in Québec Superior Court, which lasted 28
days. Following their direct testimony, they were questioned by the
judge, counsel for three groups of bondholders, and a dissident
shareholder.
On 7 March 2008, the Court released its rulings on the proposed
transaction. In a lengthy opinion, the judge approved the transaction
and ruled against the bondholders on every substantive point. The Court
cited extensively the testimony of Dr. Carron and Dr. Jordan in its
opinion.
On 21 May 2008, the Québec Court of Appeal overturned part of the trial
court's decision, but on 20 June 2008 the Supreme Court of Canada set
aside the decision of the Court of Appeal and upheld the trial judge's
approval of the transaction. In its subsequent written opinion, the
Supreme Court cited the evidence on foreseeability, market practice, and
protective covenants that Dr. Carron and Dr. Jordan had presented at
trial.
The LBO transaction ultimately failed to close as planned for reasons unrelated to the legal proceedings.
Person Details
Mr. Nixon served as President, Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board of directors of Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) from 2001 to 2014. He first joined RBC Dominion Securities Inc. in 1979, where he held a number of operating positions and from December 1999 to April 2001 was Chief Executive Officer of RBC Capital Markets (the successor company to RBC Dominion Securities Inc.). Mr. Nixon has served on the board of directors of BCE Inc. since 2014 and as Chairman of the board since 2016. He is also on the advisory board of Kingsett Capital.
Bce shares owned by BlackRock
Historical chart of BlackRock investment in Bce
All positions including Bce held by BlackRock consolidated in one spreadsheet with up to 7 years of data
Quarterly reported holdings in Bce by BlackRock
| Quarter filed | Position value | Share count | Share price at filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-06-30 | $23M | 698k | 32.37 |
| 2024-03-31 | $16M | 469k | 33.98 |
| 2023-09-30 | $24M | 638k | 38.17 |
| 2023-06-30 | $38M | 835k | 45.59 |
| 2023-03-31 | $32M | 708k | 44.79 |
| 2022-12-31 | $32M | 723k | 43.95 |
| 2022-06-30 | $28M | 575k | 49.18 |
| 2021-06-30 | $21M | 435k | 48.59 |
| 2021-03-31 | $19M | 399k | 46.30 |
| 2020-12-31 | $10k | 225 | 44.44 |
| 2020-09-30 | $3.7M | 90k | 41.48 |
| 2020-03-31 | $38M | 925k | 40.86 |
| 2019-12-31 | $34M | 725k | 46.37 |
| 2019-09-30 | $39M | 799k | 48.41 |
| 2019-06-30 | $80M | 1.7M | 45.45 |
| 2019-03-31 | $77M | 1.7M | 44.42 |
| 2018-12-31 | $69M | 1.8M | 39.53 |
| 2018-09-30 | $76M | 1.9M | 40.47 |
| 2018-06-30 | $79M | 1.9M | 40.50 |
| 2018-03-31 | $83M | 1.9M | 43.00 |
| 2017-09-30 | $97M | 2.1M | 46.83 |
| 2015-09-30 | $2.5M | 60k | 40.96 |
| 2015-06-30 | $2.4M | 56k | 42.49 |
| 2015-03-31 | $2.1M | 49k | 42.35 |
| 2014-12-31 | $1.7M | 38k | 45.85 |
| 2014-09-30 | $1.7M | 40k | 42.75 |
| 2014-06-30 | $1.7M | 38k | 45.36 |
| 2014-03-31 | $1.4M | 33k | 43.15 |
| 2013-12-31 | $1.1M | 26k | 43.31 |
| 2013-09-30 | $1.1M | 25k | 42.70 |
| 2013-06-30 | $773k | 19k | 41.04 |
Statement by Prime Minister Carney and Minister Anand on the situation in the Middle East
“The Canadian government is closely following Iran-related hostilities throughout the Middle East and urges all Canadians in Iran to shelter in place. Canadians in the wider region should follow local advice and take all necessary precautions.
Canada’s position remains clear: the Islamic Republic of Iran is the principal source of instability and terror throughout the Middle East, has one of the world’s worst human rights records, and must never be allowed to obtain or develop nuclear weapons.
Canada and our international partners have consistently called upon the Iranian regime to end its nuclear program, including at the 2025 G7 Leaders’ Summit in Kananaskis and with the United Nations’ reimposition of sanctions in September.
Despite diplomatic efforts, Iran has neither fully dismantled its nuclear program, halted all enrichment activities, nor ended its support for regional terrorist proxy groups. Canada stands with the Iranian people in their long and courageous struggle against Iran’s oppressive regime. Canada has listed the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist entity, and has sanctioned 256 Iranian entities and 222 individuals in response to the regime’s repression and its violence both against its own people, and persistently, beyond its borders. Canada reaffirms Israel’s right to defend itself and to ensure the security of its people.
Canada supports the United States acting to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and to prevent its regime from further threatening international peace and security.
The Canadian government urges the protection of all civilians in this conflict. We will take all possible measures to protect our nationals and Canadian diplomatic missions throughout the region.”
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Prime Minister Carney forges new Comprehensive Strategic Partnership with Japan across defence, energy, trade, and technology
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Canada is focused on what we can control – strengthening our economy at home and diversifying our partnerships abroad, including in the Indo-Pacific. Japan is an over $5.5 trillion market, the world’s fourth-largest economy, and Canada’s fourth-largest source of foreign direct investment – with nearly $40 billion in bilateral trade. Canadian businesses in Japan are leaders in financial services, forestry, and automotive sectors, and 70% of the cars manufactured in Canada are made by Japanese companies – supporting thousands of high-quality careers for Canadian workers.
In a more dangerous and uncertain world, strengthening this relationship presents enormous opportunities for greater security, stability, and prosperity for both our peoples.
Today, the Prime Minister, Mark Carney, travelled to Tokyo, where he met with Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae. Following their meeting, the leaders released a joint statement and announced an ambitious new Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between Canada and Japan across defence, energy, critical minerals, trade, and technology. This partnership will reinforce collaboration between our two countries, attract more capital into Canada, and give greater depth and opportunities to our growing relationship.
Canada and Japan share a robust defence and security partnership, spanning the Canadian Armed Forces’ Operation NEON in the Indo-Pacific, joint and multilateral exercises with the Japanese Self-Defense Forces, cooperation on cybersecurity and emerging threats, and a shared commitment to achieving a just and lasting peace for Ukraine. To bolster our defence and security relationship and build up our defence industrial cooperation, the leaders announced:
- Three bilateral Memoradums of Cooperation (MOCs) that will strengthen collaboration on international emergency response, joint Coast Guard exercises, and action against illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing in the North Pacific.
- Additional strategic planning, bilateral exercises, and joint operations and training exercises, including joint sails between the Royal Canadian Navy and the Japanese Navy as well as the potential for Japan’s participation in Canada’s Operation NANOOK.
- Strengthened cybersecurity and cyber defence cooperation through a new Canada-Japan Cyber Policy Dialogue, including information exchange, resilience building, and collaboration on cyber threats.
- Greater defence industrial collaboration between Canadian and Japanese companies on frontier technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI), autonomous systems, and space security, to build out our defence supply chains, increase capital flows into defence sectors, and create high-paying careers.
To build on and expand their strong trade ties, Canada and Japan will:
- Instruct their officials to identify immediate investment opportunities, including through pension funds.
- Increase efforts to support Japanese automotive manufacturers in advancing their decarbonisation efforts in Canada through multiple pathways.
- Leverage existing MOCs, including those on battery supply chains and industrial science and technology, to deepen bilateral cooperation and catalyse economic gains for both countries.
- Modernise the Canada-Japan Joint Economic Committee, building on 50 years of close economic cooperation, to capitalise on emerging opportunities such as semiconductors, batteries, AI, clean energy, critical minerals, and resilient supply chains.
- Deploy trade delegations, including a Team Canada Trade Mission to Japan in 2026 and an upcoming visit to Canada by the Japan Business Federation to unlock new commercial partnerships for Canadian businesses and investment opportunities in Canada.
To bolster energy security and leverage Canada and Japan’s complementarity in supply, Prime Minister Carney and Prime Minister Takaichi committed to:
- Expanding bilateral trade and cooperation on energy projects, including liquified natural gas and liquified petroleum gas, recognising their important roles in energy security and the energy transition. This also underscores Canada’s unique position to meet demand for low-emission energy, thanks in part to our enhanced methane regulations.
- Increasing cooperation on clean energy technologies, including nuclear technologies, hydrogen, energy-efficient industrial processes, as well as carbon capture, utilisation, and storage.
- Harnessing innovation in clean storage, grid modernisation, and clean‑energy integration.
Canada and Japan are both leaders in advanced technology and trusted partners in the responsible development of AI, manufacturing, and research and development (R&D). To reinforce this relationship, the two countries will:
- Deepen cooperation on critical minerals, including joint work to secure reliable supplies, enable value‑added processing, and support diversified manufacturing ecosystems. This includes collaboration through the G7 Critical Minerals Production Alliance.
- Increase partnership opportunities on semiconductors, AI, cybersecurity, batteries, hydrogen fuel cells, clean technologies, quantum technology, fusion energy, and other strategic sectors central to economic competitiveness.
- Advance joint R&D and innovation cooperation in new and emerging technologies, building on this year’s 40th anniversary of the Canada-Japan Agreement on Cooperation in Science and Technology.
- Intensified collaboration between our two countries’ innovation, venture, investor, and startup ecosystems, including by accelerating greater two‑way investment, strengthening links between accelerators and corporate innovation networks, and supporting joint commercialisation in emerging technology sectors.
In addition to these efforts, Canada and Japan will increase Arctic scientific and technological cooperation as well as joint efforts on climate change and environmental observation. To that end, the leaders welcomed the signing of a bilateral MOC to conduct joint scientific activities in fisheries and marine research, including stock assessment, climate and ecosystem science, advanced marine technologies, and researcher exchanges to support sustainable resource management.
In Tokyo, the Prime Minister will meet with the leaders of major Japanese firms across automotive, advanced manufacturing, clean and conventional energy, infrastructure, and technologies. He will position Canada as a reliable trade partner and a competitive destination for new investments.
The Prime Minister’s visit to Japan follows his latest engagements in India, where Canada secured over $5 billion in commercial agreements, and in Australia, where Canada elevated the bilateral partnership in critical minerals, defence, and AI and secured up to $10 billion in investment commitments. By re-engaging with global giants and deepening our partnerships with our closest allies, Canada is creating high-paying careers at home, diversifying our trade, attracting massive investment, and building a stronger, more sovereign, and more resilient Canadian economy.
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“Japan is a trusted partner and a global leader in innovation, technology, and advanced manufacturing. Together, we are strengthening our economic security, securing resilient supply chains in critical minerals and clean energy, and deepening security and defence cooperation in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific. By expanding and modernising our partnership, we are creating long-term opportunities for our workers and building a more secure and resilient future for both countries.”
Quick facts
- This is Prime Minister Carney’s first official visit to Japan since taking office. He is accompanied by the Minister of National Defence, David J. McGuinty.
- The Prime Minister’s visit coincides with important milestones in the Canada-Japan bilateral relationship, including:
- The 50th anniversary of the Canada-Japan Joint Economic Committee, which has underpinned five decades of structured economic dialogue and sustained trade and investment growth between our two countries.
- The 40th anniversary of the Canada-Japan Agreement on Cooperation in Science and Technology, which has enabled scientific partnership in frontier fields such as AI, quantum computing, clean energy, advanced materials, and next‑generation digital technologies. Canada and Japan have recently expanded the scope and ambition of this partnership, including through new MOCs on industrial R&D and battery supply chains.
- From February 28 to March 2, 2026, the Prime Minister travelled to Mumbai and New Delhi, India – the first bilateral visit by a Canadian Prime Minister in nearly 10 years. During the visit, Canada welcomed more than 10 commercial agreements between our two countries, totalling over $5 billion. Canada and India also announced a broad range of ambitious initiatives that will renew and expand the bilateral partnership across energy and critical minerals, technology and AI, talent and culture, and defence.
- From March 3 to 6, 2026, the Prime Minister visited Sydney and Canberra, Australia
– the first bilateral visit by a Canadian Prime Minister since 2007.
During the visit, Canada and Australia announced new partnerships in
investment, defence and security, critical minerals, energy, and AI.
Prime Minister Carney also delivered an address to the Australian
Parliament, where he underscored the enduring ties between the two
countries and their shared potential for economic growth.
- On the heels of the Prime Minister’s visit, the University of Alberta and the University of Queensland signed a Memorandum of Understanding to enable greater collaboration in defence, space and security-related research, as well as quantum technologies, AI, advanced manufacturing, and critical minerals.
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Today, the Prime Minister, Mark Carney, spoke with His Majesty King Abdullah Il of Jordan.
The leaders condemned the Iranian regime’s missile and drone attacks on civilians across the Middle East. Prime Minister Carney expressed Canada’s solidarity with Jordan in the face of these unprovoked attacks, and commended His Majesty on his defensive efforts.
The Prime Minister conveyed his gratitude to His Majesty for his protection of the thousands of Canadians who live in Jordan and discussed ongoing efforts to assist Canadians to leave the region. They discussed opportunities for de-escalation and how to halt the expansion of the conflict.
The leaders agreed that diplomatic engagement is essential to avoid a wider and deeper conflict. Innocent civilians must be protected, and all parties must commit to finding enduring agreements to end both nuclear proliferation and terrorist extremism.
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