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I know Mr. Carney is going to try to plagiarize my policies right before the election, policies he has long opposed. But don't believe a word. In just a few months ago, did you hear about this, Mr. Carney moved his company headquarters to New York, Donald Trump's hometown. Shifting jobs and investment into the U.S., just like Trump wanted.

He opposed pipelines in Canada while his company bought them in the Middle East. He supported Trudeau's carbon tax in Canada while he profited off of investing in coal in the United States of America. He put his profit before our people. Carney cashed in. Canadians lost out. If he wins, Canada loses.

But Canadians will win, and we will do it with a new bring-it-home economic plan. We will bring home our jobs, investment, and companies, and break our dependence on the United States. We will unleash a fierce free enterprise economy to bring home control of our economic future from outside forces. We will stand on our own two feet, be masters of our own destiny, and be in charge of our own future.

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[-] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 19 points 3 days ago

Checking Pollievre's facts: (spoiler it's basically bullshit)

Brookfield Asset announced in October that it had moved its head office to New York as part of a strategy to gain inclusion in more US stock indexes and attract more investors. Its parent, Brookfield Corp., still has its headquarters in Toronto.

Source BNNBloomberg

So yes, a move completed before the US election even happened.

As of October 2020, Carney was vice chairman at Brookfield Asset Management, where he led the firm's environmental, social and governance (ESG) and impact fund investment strategy

Source Wikipedia

Also Carney's role is not even an operational role

Carney, also 59, said at a press conference in Edmonton, Alberta, that he has resigned all of his corporate roles, including as chair of Bloomberg Inc., to focus on politics. His resignation means he’s no longer the head of transition investing at Brookfield.

Source BNN

Carney no longer works for Brookfield.

Brookfield did purchase a pipeline in 2021, and Carney worked there then, so that's not a lie.

https://bip.brookfield.com/press-releases/bip/brookfield-infrastructure-closes-strategic-acquisition-inter-pipeline

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