Carney Welcomes Harper at Canada Summit as Ottawa Unveils C$100 Billion in Investment Deals
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Updated · National Post · Sep 15
Carney Welcomes Harper at Canada Summit as Ottawa Unveils C$100 Billion in Investment Deals
3 articles · Updated · National Post · Sep 15
Summary
Mark Carney said he was pleased to have former prime minister Stephen Harper backing his inaugural Canada Investment Summit, calling Harper influential with global investors and businesses.
Harper is set to deliver the closing keynote Tuesday, a notable show of support after he endorsed Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre and attacked Carney during the 2025 federal election.
Ottawa used the two-day Toronto summit to tee up major investment measures, including a cut in the marginal effective tax rate on new business investment to 6.4% from 13%.
The government also pointed to a C$50 billion Bell Canada AI data-centre expansion in Saskatchewan and a separate C$50 billion Maple Fund partnership between CPP Investments and Brookfield.
Carney framed outreach to Harper, Jean Chrétien and Justin Trudeau as part of a broader push to draw more global capital into Canada.