Carney pt 2 CARNEY, BROOKFIELD, AND THE MOST POLISHED CONFLICT OF INTEREST IN MODERN CANADIAN POLITICS

 This post researched and written by OpenAI

It’s not a conspiracy theory. It’s a sequence of events hiding in plain sight.

Mark Carney didn’t just casually serve on the board of Brookfield Asset Management—he reshaped it, relocated it, and rebranded it, all before assuming power in Canada. And now, from the Prime Minister’s office, he presides over a country being lined up to funnel public funds into the very firm he helped weaponize.

This isn’t public service. It’s soft-glove insider trading—and every Canadian should be paying attention.

FROM TORONTO TO WALL STREET—WITH CARNEY AT THE HELM

In 2022, Brookfield spun off its asset management business, giving it a sleek new identity: Brookfield Corporation. Mark Carney, already serving as Vice-Chair, was made Chairman of the Board. Under his influence, Brookfield didn’t just restructure—it moved its headquarters from Toronto to New York City.

Let that land: while preparing to run for the leadership of a G7 country, Carney was overseeing the relocation of Canada’s flagship asset manager out of the country. The pitch to shareholders? Access to deeper U.S. capital markets and inclusion in American stock indices.

This wasn’t just a business decision. It was a geopolitical one. It set the stage for Canadian money—public and private—to flow into an entity that is now headquartered outside our regulatory reach.

THE PUBLIC-PRIVATE PIPELINE IS ALREADY BEING BUILT

Brookfield is no ordinary corporation. It is an empire of infrastructure, energy, real estate, and green technology. The kind of firm governments turn to when they want to outsource big projects without technically privatizing them.

During his time at Brookfield, Carney championed public-private investment vehicles. Now, as Prime Minister, he’s perfectly positioned to steer federal dollars—especially “emergency” or “green” recovery funds—directly into the hands of his former boardroom allies.

It’s already being floated that Brookfield could handle emergency housing, green infrastructure rollouts, and climate finance restructuring under Canada’s new economic plan. These are billion-dollar contracts. No public tenders. No real scrutiny. Just quiet deals between people who used to share office keys.

ISN’T THIS EXACTLY WHAT INSIDER TRADING LOOKS LIKE?

While it may not meet the narrow legal definition of insider trading, the structure and timing of these events raise serious red flags.

Carney was on the inside. He helped engineer the company’s U.S. shift. He advocated for Brookfield’s new role in solving global crises. Then he resigned, ran for office, won, and now oversees the very federal levers that will determine who gets to “solve” Canada’s next round of crises.

If a Bay Street analyst executed a trade with that kind of sequence, they’d be on trial. But because Carney did it wearing a suit of public respectability, he’s getting away with it.

WHY IS THIS ALLOWED? WHY IS NO ONE STOPPING IT?

Two reasons. First, the public is being distracted. While media fixates on minor scandals and partisan squabbles, the real machinery of economic capture is moving silently in the background.

Second, the regulatory and political class is too compromised or complicit to object. Ethics screens and recusal clauses are a joke when you're playing chess three moves ahead. Carney doesn’t need to sign a contract with Brookfield. He already did the heavy lifting—and now the cash can flow without fingerprints.

FINAL THOUGHT

This isn’t just a conflict of interest. It’s a structural heist of Canadian economic sovereignty. Our Prime Minister helped move a cornerstone Canadian company into the jurisdiction of another country—while simultaneously creating the conditions for Canadian taxpayers to feed that company for decades to come.

Call it what you want. But don’t call it public service. This is the polished, policy-wrapped version of self-dealing that only elite technocrats can get away with. If Canadians don’t wake up soon, we’ll be living in a country where our leaders don’t lead for us—they manage our decline on behalf of their investors.