Carney’s Privy Council Clerk Sabia a ‘relentlessly focused’ changemaker

Former deputy finance minister Michael Sabia’s appointment drew praise from Tories, and came just days after he said Canada suffers from an ‘ambition deficit.’
Michael Sabia
Former deputy finance minister Michael Sabia is the new Privy Council clerk and secretary to the cabinet, effective July 7. In this 2022 photo, he testifies at the Rouleau Inquiry into the Freedom Convoy protests that gridlocked downtown Ottawa for weeks. Sabia was deputy finance minister when he testified before the commission

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s pick for his top public servant is a man capable of transformative change, with a track record of being “totally, relentlessly focused,” on his prior senior roles in both the private and public sector, observers say.

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