Prime Minister Mark Carney is welcoming the world’s investors to Toronto on Monday for a high-stakes summit aimed at attracting new investment to Canada.
Hundreds of executives and global asset managers are arriving for Canada’s first-ever investment summit in Toronto to get a look at major projects in various stages of development.
Carney, members of his cabinet and premiers from across the country will be pitching investors on opportunities in multiple sectors, including energy, infrastructure and critical minerals, over the next two days.
The event kicks off Monday evening at the Art Gallery of Ontario with a gala dinner that is closed to the public and the media.
Speaking to Canadian business leaders and politicians at a reception Sunday evening, Carney teased that a number of deals have already been signed.
“We have what the world wants: the energy, the resources, the talent, the technology and the capital,” Carney said.
“And our greatest strength is something that cannot be found on any balance sheet: trust,” he said, in an apparent jab at U.S. President Donald Trump.
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On Tuesday, investors will huddle with the prime minister and other officials at the downtown Four Seasons Hotel for presentations about Canada’s investment landscape.
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The summit is a key part of the prime minister’s plan for stimulating $1 trillion in investment in Canada over the next five years.
Carney said on Sunday while those in the room may not always agree, nor do they need to, they all align on where Canada is going.
“There is a new consensus from Iqaluit to Victoria to Quebec City and St. John’s. Canada is taking control of our future,” he said. “We will build more, we will trade more with each other and the world, and we will create more sustainable prosperity here at home.”
Ontario Premier Doug Ford said invitees come from Kuwait, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Singapore, Qatar, Norway, Japan and Australia.
“This is about building relationships, opening doors and making the case that Ontario is one of the most investable places anywhere in the world,” Ford said in a statement.
He said 15 major projects in Ontario are up for offer, including energy production and transmission, critical minerals and mining, AI and advanced manufacturing.
“We are building an economy that can compete with anyone, anywhere. That’s going to be my message throughout the Canada Investment Summit,” Ford said.
“Ontario has what the world needs and we’re going to make sure the world knows it.”
While Ford and Carney pitched the summit as an opportunity for investments in Canada, civil society groups say they’re keeping company with business leaders that are exacerbating global crises.
Demonstrators, including labour unions, Indigenous leaders and climate and housing advocates, will mobilize Monday carrying a banner reading “The Many vs. The Money,” and plan “direct intervention” with attendees.
Organizers say they reject Carney’s plan to put Canada’s economic future in the hands of CEOs, and that they worry about the future of public services, pipelines and arms manufacturing.
A source with knowledge of the planned events but who is not authorized to speak publicly about them confirmed to The Canadian Press that former Conservative prime minister Stephen Harper will deliver closing remarks at the summit.
WHAT A GLORIOUS INVITATION TO AMERICAN INVASIVE ACQUISTIONS..
51ST STATE IS GETTING CLOSER.
Not one project started nor even approved. 18 months later….
@anonymous…..that’s why you are anonymous
Carney would have to lie to all the investors as he himself doesn’t invest here
Carney will need to come clean with Canadians as to what is the cost to be an “associate member” of the EU. There will be strings attached.
@Anonymous. If you don’t want prosperity then that is your choice. EU is an economic basket case.
@ Janice Campbell – Carney is speaking at the summit today. We can all see that you can be ignored.
@ Jessica Smith – I would rather be an associate member of the EU and autonomous than be forced to capitulate and swallow the selfish values of the US.
Carney is missing Day 2 of his Investment Summit and going to Europe. He is trying to deflect as his Summit is widely considered unsuccessful and just theatrics.
@Anotmous. Liberlas need to admit to a Mea Culpa at the minimum. There incompetence is a huge reason why Canada is so weak. Pretending otherwise is a deflection of reality.
I would rather be a part of the USA than a “associate member” of the EU. Canadas prosperity is linked to the USA. Carney seems to suggest the path is with Europe, which it isn’t.
@ Tony Fuda – It’s 2026 now. Carney is setting the direction. Turning down the UAEs deal does seem odd. Do we know why? There likely is a very good reason don’t you think?
Carney turned down about $70B in investment from UAE just a few months ago. Seems odd doesn’t it? Carney was also Trudeau’s main economic advisor from 2020 – 2025.
@ Rick Wilson – Carney’s direction is different than Trudeau’s. It has to be. Much has changed with the world order since Trump was re-elected. We can both agree that Carney’s economic initiatives are much better than the previous government’s. Canada is on a good path under the circumstances.
Carney is better at doing what conservatives want done than they are.
So, the continued selling out of Canadian jobs for foreigners…
@Anonymous. The citizens of UK voted to leave the EU. That is democracy.
Liberals in Canada imposed economic sanctions on itself for over ten years. Deals like Germany and Japan wanted on LNG Trudeau/Carney dismissed in 2022, Carney is now chasing 4 years later.
@ Jack Sproule – Since leaving the EU the standard of living in the UK has fallen because they effectively imposed partial economic sanctions on themselves. The UK has had 7 Prime Ministers in 10 years. The population is angry. Ireland, Scotland and Wales just joined together for a symbolic gesture to declare independence from England. Being with the EU was much more prosperous for the UK.
When will Carney give another “Davos” speech only to flip flop weeks later and then state he wants to Make America Great Again (MAGA). Carney is a walking contradiction and can’t figure out the lane to be in. Just waffles daily.
@Ben. The coalition of middle powers has existed a long time now. It is called the EU. Not a new concept but another copy by Carney.
Interesting how UK left it.
@marco. We can deepen the trade relationship by agreeing to more sectoral arrangements. Most importantly, Carney is building a coalition of middle powers to counter US/Chinese dominance.
Does Carney not know Canada has has a free trade deal with the EU for almost 10 years. He is pretending he is getting one together, which isn’t the case.
Carney is doing so poorly he asked Harper for help. I think Harper should say no as the Liberals still mock him 10 years after he left. Harper is a true Statesman, unlike Carney who plays cynical partisan games.
invite more immigrants they will eat Canada IT or Jobs, soon there will be no Candian people for jobs in canada . all immigrants , soon they will take over USA and Cnaada
So is Carney now flip flopping and trying to undo the dame the Liberals did since 2015. Read his book “Values” and you will then understand why Canada is in such bad shape.
The unsubstantiated braying of posters from who knows where is so tiresome. Why don’t you people get real jobs?
@ Frank Carmine – Nonsense. The GIIA has Canada as the best country for foreign investors in their semi-annual report. It’s on their website. Those groups are the type of people at the summit. It’s all due to a small, technical change in the amortization schedule for certain types of projects that Carney brought in with his budget almost a year ago. Canada’s net foreign investment is now the highest it has been in 19 years. It should increase after this summit.
Carney needs to “show his homework “ otherwise one can assume no definitive deals were made. I bet CEOs are laughing at Carney thinking he is a total poseur.
Carney didn’t allow public or press into her Summit. Obviously he doesn’t want to know the lack progress going on. People will invest if they can make a return on that investment. It isn’t about what Carney says or does. Canada is not a good place to invest under Trudeau and Carney.
@ Gino Santoro – “nothing…after Day 1” – Do you think the attendees were going to invest in a project at the Summit? Just pull out a suitcase full of cash and buy in like picking up a sandwich? What planet are you from?
You howler monkeys have such weak objections.
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Anonymous the village idiot speaks…..he asks everyone to please, please read his idiotic comments.. he needs the attention. Pathetic loser
Carney has nothing to show for after Day 1. Another nothing burger summit. Carney is all talk and no action just like his “Sovereign Wealth Fund”.
Canada has been a very unattractive place to invest for the past decade. Now our market is extremely volatile with our leadership’s mismanagement of Trump, and investors are much more cautious than they used to be. One needs only look at how much the TMX expansion ended up costing to convince themselves to look elsewhere. And remember, we signed a free trade agreement with the EU in 2017, we already have full access to their market, and it isn’t enough to prop up our economy. We need the US, to think otherwise is extremely naive.
Remember that Carney as economic advisor to Trudeau said there was “no business case” for selling LNG to Germany and Japan. And now he is flying all over chasing these same deals.
Keep believing what the government has to say dummy LoL 😭
@ WankMe – Who in their right mind would believe what a random person that post’s under the pseudonym ‘WankMe’ has to say?
Who in their right mind would believe what the government has to say!? Only and only libs
If you need foreign money invest to your fund they have equity not you! If you borrow money from the banks or bond markets you will have debt!
Everything else is B S
avg joe – The foreign investors are being courted to get them to bear the costs. They are interested in doing so if it will be profitable for them. We will get the benefits of the project and the jobs but they will own a significant portion of it.
Find the page for yourself and read the whole thing. It’s not a prospectus. It’s written for normal citizens.
Use the web how it was intended to be used instead of letting uninformed dip squids manipulate you with agitating misinformation.
as long as we are not simply subsidizing the costs while they privatize the profits I’m all on board
For the loudmouths that are too lazy to read the government’s web page about the fund here’s the quote:
“This represents a new ownership opportunity for Canada and Canadians, with the Fund focused primarily on equity investments.”
@ Adriana Lee – This investment Summit is to find foreign investors so Canada does not have to use debt to finance the major projects. It’s equity, hopefully paid for by the folks attending the summit.
Perhaps you should refrain from commenting about things you do not understand.
@Anonymous. It would be a “debt” fund as Carney is taking on debt to finance it. He modeled after Norway however their fund doesn’t use debt but royalties from the sale of Oil and Gas. Perhaps you should do some research.
I recall both Carney and Trudeau called for the “phasing out” of Alberta Oil Samds. What a foolish notion to please their base. Imagine how bad Canada would be if they did do it. Foolish Liberal policies have hurt Canada.
@ Tara Ryder – There’s a page for the Canada Strong Fund on the federal government’s web site. Sovereign Wealth does not mean it’s debt or equity, but the page says it’s equity. Again, just do a minimal amount of research.
The belligerence of people that just want to oppose without knowing jack spit about what they oppose is annoying.
@Anonymous – Carney called it a Sovereign Wealth Fund. His exact word my dear.
@Anonymous. You mean Canada will save itself from the Liberals? We are in this thought spot because of them
@ Loni DeWitt – Canada is going to save Canada from the unraveling of the world order. It will be accomplished by cooperating with other countries that are facing similar challenges. The EU countries are logical counter parties.
@ Michael Balla – The Canada Strong Fund is an equity fund. The web is full of people like yourself offering opinions based on things that they have not done even a minimal amount of research.
All opinions are not worthy of consideration.
It is a pipe dream if people think Europe will “save” Canada from Trump/USA or in the end is self inflicted wounds of 10 years of flawed policy by Trudeau and Carney
Carney “Wealth Fund” which is a debt fund has been a total nothing burger so far. Just talk, nothing else, like this Summit or whatever he calls it.
@ David Best – this is finance not economics.
Anonymous the village idiot has spoken ! Well maybe anonymous the dimwit should get into economics….what do you think you dolt?
@ Ferland – I think the Canada Strong Fund will be used like a venture capital fund and some of the investment will be private placements in it alongside offerings to the public. It will be structured to outperform the markets for PR purposes.
What remains to be seen is wether those major investors will seek public equity in new deals, or state garantees on private bonds and participations. Likely the second
“And our greatest strength is something that cannot be found on any balance sheet: trust,”
Says the guy that moved his company to NYC after becoming PM.
Carney doesn’t invest in Canada, he mainly invests in the USA. Carneys family lives in the USA and his kids go to college in the USA
@Marilyn. Heard you are running third in your Sarnia riding. What will you be doing after the next election?
Funny how Ford touts Ontario being open for business but nothing about Canada being open. Remember when he was begging Sask to back off on canola tariffs as it was causing China to hit his auto sector. Until our premiers realize that Canada is a whole and not 10 different countries and drop the interprovincial trade barriers will you ever see a glimpse of hope. We were all taught at an early age what family meant; maybe some leaders should heed this themselves.
hey Global? How com not a word on the protests in Toronto against carney and his EU garbage!? Hope they burn the f*ckin place down!
Just love how PP does nothing and it just gets under the skin of these Libral crybabies and suckholes. WAAAAAAAHHHHHH PPP THIS AND PP THAT!!! WAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!
Go to hell you bunch of f8cking facsist babies. WAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!
A fascist and a commie making a trade deal. What could wrong? All the secrecy and posturing and pissing around by to old f8ckers with massive egos.
So all back room deals. A room full of snakes hidden by grass.
Silly Sally Gladys, Humpty dumbty Sat on a wall, Humpty dumbty had a great fall, all the libs on donkeys couldn’t put Humpty dumbty together again
He needs investors to sell off Canada’s resources. So he can send billions of our tax money to Ukraine for the next hundred years . He has to make sure his great grandchildren will have billions of washed money as well in their bank accounts
Gladys, Nobel prize in politicking
When a politician’s lips are moving, they are lying whether it’s NDP liberal or conservative our country is destroyed. Our lives have been changed forever and I know Canada is a lie, smoking mirrors, one big joke. I am truly ashamed to be a Canadian. Our medical system sucks. Actually it is horrible terrifying unaccountable corporations run everything and our government are corrupt crooks. Like I said so ashamed to be Canadian.
@Marilyn Gladu. Most immature commenter.
@ Ben. How many of those were gov’t jobs?
PP is the smartest of all Canadians.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAAHA
Mario 9is the stupidest poster here. Gee Mario, why is Harper attending again?
LOL
Harper manages Alberta’s Investment Fund. Meanwhile Carney pretends he is an expert on investing and negotiating.
Carney must be desperate to have credibility as he begged Harper to speak at his Investment summit.
Stephen Harper is showing up.
Not Poilevre the failed paper boy.
Stephen Harper is on board but not these PP bots.
They think PP is the very best PCs have to offer Canada.
Sad or what?
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Canada is expected to have even larger job losses in September. Total incompetence by Carney. He walked away from the negotiating table showing his weakness.
@Jill Richard you conveniently left out that from May-July Canada added 181,000 jobs. Obviously, times are tough with Trumpty Dumpty in the US destabilizing the world economy. It takes time to achieve what Carney is aiming for after years of under-investment and waste from past Liberal and Conservative governments (both parties are massively guilty of this).
@Ben. PP has no responsibility on the grim job numbers in Canada in August. Nice deflection but Carney is responsible as he is PM.
@marylin gladue. Credentialism? Did you see how accomplished Arday is?
“in every disaster throughout American history, there always seems to be a man from Harvard in the middle of it.” Thomas Sowell
Feel free to criticize Sowell’s academic credentials. We all need a laugh.
Carney made this a private event with no media. He doesn’t want anyone to know he is lining the pockets of Brookfield and himself.
Did you get rid of your capital investment destroying regulations yet? No? Good luck attracting capital when just south of here EVERYTHING is more attractive
Ben. Canada lost over 40,000 jobs in August, USA gained 160,000. Carney has not even gained 200,000 net since he became PM. USA unemployment much lower than Canada, regardless of the method.
What happened to Carney”s big Wealth Fund. Another lead balloon and nothing burger.
@Anna Glukov. Canada has created more jobs per capita than the US since Carney came to power. Yet Poilievre conservatives just want to drag down Canada because they are scraping bottom in the polls.
I see the pathetic little troll has returned
Great idea by Harvard and Oxford grad Carney!
Where did PP go again?
Popsicle stand high? Nope.
PP would never think of this because PP has never even run a popsicle stand yet his bots think he’s the best Conservative in Canada.
lololololololol
@Groovey. Isn’t over 75% of Canada trade with the USA? Has Carney even displaced 5% in 18 months. Canada wealth is mainly generated being so close to the USA. If Elbows Up means poor and homeless than that is foolish choice.
Clowney promised the “best” economic in the G7. I guess he meant worst. Broken promises by Carney.
Canada does not need a deal with the US. Sure, a fair deal would be good. But if the US isn’t prepared to do a fair deal then Canada should stay away from the table. I really don’t understand these whiny chickens who are so enthusiastic about bending over the table for Trump. Their pathetic desperation to appease the fascist regime down south is embarrassment to the country. Thankfully we have a PM with more spine than that.
Anonymous the keyboard loser…change your handle to Div or Prat…more suited to who you are.
@Groovy. Overnight to you is 18 months now. Lol
Carney like meetings and conversations. Nothing has changed now in over 18 months. Canada lost over 40,000 jobs last month. Carney said in July Canada would gain jobs in August Hilarious.
Anonymous the village idiot speaks…sadly too often..
…lonely and stupid.
So tired of listening to all these losers whine that nothing has been built yet. Big things don’t happen overnight.
While investment is good, it’s only beneficial if anything actually comes of it. How many billions have been “invested” historically with very little to show? How many projects are started and then have to be halted and scrapped due to a small minority of vocal activists?
Buying debt also isn’t an investment (even though the Liberal government likes to tout it as such).
This whole thing is likely just going to be Carney and a bunch of his friends having a circle jerk while they find new ways to launder money and make themselves richer.
MAGA traitors doesn’t like Canada getting stronger and independent. They like to take in the butt from the Orange guy. Stockholm syndrome buch.
Pitching major projects for a year now
No shovels in the ground
Canada runs on polls and broken promises
All these guys ever do is talk. In the meantime Canadians are losing their jobs, companies closing, paying high prices for groceries every week, Trump keeps adding more tariffs and all Canadians get from the politicians is talk.
Please get this deal done with the US. It would be easier to be angrier about this “trade war” if the Americans didn’t have a point. They want us to stop riding their coattails and walk along side them as equals. Our response? We whine like the child who has never been told no and has never had to work. It is embarrassing to be Canadian right now.
cunada like a no arms, legs guy looking for work as a labourer
@Dennis : LOL
You backed that goof in BC.
How is that going?
Has her entire caucus quit on her?
LOL….liars like you are ignored.
PP commentors here are hilarious.
PP has never even run a lemonade stand.
Fact.
That’s why he is at 17% and still sinking.
Carney should have a laugh at PP’s bots here by calling an election.
PP can beat Kim Campbell’s record of TWO SEATS.
Clowney hung out TIFF with his pal PM. Blackface and Katy Perry..
Hes going to use your CPP to back private business investment in projects that will never return a dime
Carney worried about sovereignty with the USA, meanwhile will hand it over to the EU instead. A total fool.
Same garbage comments, different day…yawn.
Carney good with smoke and mirrors. He can’t deliver, can get it done.
August 2026
Canada lost over 40,000 jobs.
USA gained over 160,000 jobs.
Carney wants to get closer to the EU but forgets there is an ocean between us and their economies are doing very poor also.
The Four Seasons is owned by Bill Gates and a Saudi Prince. Oh Clownada what a joke you are
What the f*ck is his problem with Canada investing in Canada!? I WANT MY TAX DOLLARS TO FUND CANADIAN PROJECTS FOR MY COUNTRY’S PROSPERITY AND BENEFIT! I’m sick and tired of being led by outside money and seeing ours funneled into the f*ckin UKRAINE ETC!
Why would anyone invest in Canada when even the leader won’t?
Guess the lavish taxpayer fund Liberal party in Alberta high end resort is completed. So fly to ToronHOLE and have more lavish vacation time on taxpayers dime.
Why do Canadian taxpayers keep paying for those empty minus 24 7 staffers conference buildings in Ottawa.
Hinted deals already signed. Alberta is getting out from under his communist regime so Brookfield and co. Can’t rob them blind. More wasted ink MOUs and virtual signaling. 7 years nothing but government growth and increased carbon taxes. So much red tape it takes over a decade to get an ok to start the project while money laundering Liberals hold billions in investment. Sounds likely.
Anonymous is a village idiot
Our own PM wont even invest in Canada
That doesnt exactly send a message of confidence
After 18 months. Carney has not approved 1 project and nothing has broken ground. No deal
With the USA either.