Carney’s trillion-dollar pitch is being built on borrowed risk

Canadians should ask what remains after drawing investor dollars, and what is exchanged: wealth we still own, or a bigger ledger built on corporate subsidies and asset sales?
Prime Minister Mark Carney. The government has been vague about the coming investment summit. Missing is whether Canada will retain more productive capital, and who will bear the risk if projects funded by that trillion fail, writes Bhagwant Sandhu.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
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BY BHAGWANT SANDHU
September 10, 2026

OTTAWA—Prime Minister Mark Carney now has a new team to attract foreign capital to Canada. Dominic Barton, former ambassador to China and c...

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