Ottawa was handing out billions for AI as officials quietly scrapped a meeting with Brookfield executives on AI investments, putting Carney’s ties to his former employer back under the ethics microscope.
The July 2025 meeting was set to bring Brookfield executives together with Natural Resources Canada officials to discuss the asset manager’s AI data-centre ambitions in Canada.
Instead, it was quietly cancelled without explanation and never rescheduled, according to records obtained by the Investigative Journalism Foundation.
Carney remains screened from Brookfield matters, but the records have renewed scrutiny over potential benefits to assets in his blind trust.
