Category: Mark Carney

Federal Offices Paid Over $23K to Think Tank Chaired by Mark Carney: Report

January 25, 2023
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A number of federal offices paid a total of over $23,000 over more than three years to a think tank chaired by former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney, according to a report. The Liberal cabinet in an Inquiry of Ministry tabled in the House of Commons said that 11 separate federal departments and agencies paid…

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UK Leaders Say They Value Fiscal Scrutiny After Tax Plan Sparked Market Turmoil

September 30, 2022
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UK Prime Minister Liz Truss and Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng have said they value the scrutiny from an independent fiscal watchdog, after their plan to fund massive tax cuts with government borrowing rattled investors and led to turmoil in the financial markets. At an unusual meeting held in Downing Street on Friday, Truss and Kwarteng told…

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Focus on Financial Regulation to Mitigate Climate Change Alarms Experts

December 1, 2021
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To begin to access the trillions of dollars needed to transition to green energy, policy-makers are increasingly justifying climate change as a threat to the financial system and using regulation to steer funding away from fossil fuels.

Former Central Banker Carney Makes Political Debut at Liberal Convention

April 9, 2021
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OTTAWA—Cabinet ministers will be on parade at the Liberal convention today but all eyes will be on someone who’s never overtly dipped a toe in partisan politics before now: Mark Carney. The question on everyone’s mind is whether the former central banker’s appearance at the convention—in conversation this evening with rookie Liberal MP and convention…

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