Under Mark Carney, capital’s leading lobby group is back in

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Under Mark Carney, capital’s leading lobby group is back in the driver’s seat

Canada’s Liberal government has become the willing instrument of corporate power, reviving the Business Council’s backroom rule

Nik Barry-Shaw - July 31, 2025 - Canadian Dimensions.

EXCERPT: "When Trudeau resigned, Hyder lamented that “the relationship between the federal government and the private sector was often at odds.” But the Business Council was far from powerless during these years. As Gutstein has documented, the CEO lobby group had a decisive influence over Trudeau’s “grand bargain” on climate, which paired carbon pricing with building pipelines.

Pressure from the Business Council and other corporate lobby groups was already pushing the Liberals to the right, even before Justin Trudeau’s resignation. But with the providential arrival of a long-time central banker and Goldman Sachs alum at the helm, the mending of fences with corporate Canada has been taken to a new level."

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