And it sounds like he's more concerned about the climate change issues than even Trudeau. Let's hope he sticks around for awhile.
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CBC News · Posted: Aug 10, 2020
Former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney advising PM on COVID-19 economic response
Mark Carney — the former governor of the Bank of Canada and the Bank of England — has been acting as an informal adviser to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the federal government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Carney "certainly has been advising the PM through different phases of this," said a senior government official speaking on background. "I'd hope we can count on him for more."
News of the informal role was first reported by Bloomberg on Monday.
Carney has long been rumoured to have political aspirations since returning to Canada after his term with the Bank of England expired earlier this year. Many in Liberal circles see Carney as a top candidate for finance minister should he seek office or as a possible leadership candidate to eventually succeed Trudeau.
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CBC News · Dec 30, 2019
Former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney urges financial sector to act against climate change
The United Nations' incoming special envoy for climate action and finance, former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney, is likening the climate crisis to a financial crisis — and says action by the financial sector to help tackle the issue is "absolutely necessary."
In an interview broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Monday, Carney, whose tenure as Bank of England governor is set to end Jan. 31, 2020, said while the financial sector has begun to make changes in the way it invests in public pensions funds, its action has been too slow.
He said companies have to be more transparent about their carbon footprints and make public their plans for how to help get to a net-zero emissions economy by 2050 — as required by U.K. law — so that the public knows how its money is being invested.
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