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the 2024–25 exodus. Canadian 'blind' trusts are not blind.

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the 2024–25 exodus

Canadian 'blind' trusts are not blind

Mark Carney worked at Goldman Sachs before joining Bank of Canada

Mark Carney - Wikipedia
“Carney worked at Goldman Sachs before joining the Bank of Canada in 2003”
SOURCEMark Carney - Wikipedia·stored copy on file
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the cash flows from ports and airports flow out to BlackRock, Brookfield, Goldman Sachs, the Maple 8, and their international peers

Selling the Coastline: The Carney Government's Port Divestit
“the cash flows from ports and airports — the most "core" core infrastructure in any institutional infrastructure portfolio — flow out to BlackRock, Brookfield, Goldman Sachs, the Maple 8, and their international peers”
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Carney worked at Goldman Sachs before joining the Bank of Canada in 2003

Mark Carney - Wikipedia
“Carney worked at Goldman Sachs before joining the Bank of Canada in 2003”
SOURCEMark Carney - Wikipedia·stored copy on file
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Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, and BofA filed comments opposing the Volcker Rule

Adversarial Stress-Test of the "Class-Consensus Financial Ar
“Goldman, JPMorgan, and BofA filed comments opposing the rule; Lloyd Blankfein publicly opposed it at length”
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The financial sector lobbied aggressively against the increased capital requirements of Basel III Endgame

Adversarial Stress-Test of the "Class-Consensus Financial Ar
“The financial sector lobbied aggressively against the increased capital requirements; the rule was substantially watered down only under Trump 2.0, not under Biden's Goldman-alumni-staffed Treasury”
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Carney was involved in Goldman's work with the 1998 Russian financial crisis

Mark Carney - Wikipedia
“He worked on South Africa's post-apartheid venture into international bond markets , and was involved in Goldman's work with the 1998 Russian financial crisis .”
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Carney worked in Boston, London, New York City, Tokyo, and Toronto offices of Goldman Sachs

Carney worked on post-apartheid South Africa's return to international bond markets.

Research Brief: A McLuhanesque Critique of Mark Carney
“Worked on post-apartheid South Africa's return to international bond markets.”
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Carney was Co-head of sovereign risk during the 1997 Asian and 1998 Russian crises.

Research Brief: A McLuhanesque Critique of Mark Carney
“Co-head of sovereign risk during the 1997 Asian and 1998 Russian crises”
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Mark Carney worked at Goldman Sachs

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These are things people say about Goldman Sachs that aren't settled fact — each one attributed to who's actually claiming it, so a claim never quietly passes as established just because it showed up in a document. Weigh it yourself.

Disputed
"The concentration of senior Canadian government decision-making power in alumni of three private firms and one public-pension manager constitutes corruption"
Unattributed assertion · stance: critical
The evidence on file mostly supports this, but it's still someone's claim, not a settled fact.
Documented Corruption, Conflicts of Interest, and Self-Deali ↗
Disputed
"Goldman trains a particular worldview about finance"
Unattributed assertion · stance: neutral
Not yet independently weighed — one source's claim, unconfirmed elsewhere.
Adversarial Stress-Test of the "Class-Consensus Financial Ar ↗
Disputed
"Elites who pass through WEF/YGL/Goldman/McKinsey training make convergent decisions"
Unattributed assertion · stance: pro
The evidence on file mostly supports this, but it's still someone's claim, not a settled fact.
Phase 3 Dossier: WEF Young Global Leaders Network and COVID ↗
Disputed
"This is the single hardest verifiable fact supporting the elite-pipeline thesis"
Unattributed assertion · stance: pro
Not yet independently weighed — one source's claim, unconfirmed elsewhere.
Phase 3 Dossier: WEF Young Global Leaders Network and COVID ↗
Disputed
"The "Government Sachs" pipeline is a documented pattern"
Unattributed assertion · stance: neutral
Not yet independently weighed — one source's claim, unconfirmed elsewhere.
THE CARNEY DOSSIER: A Forensic Brief on Three Underdeveloped ↗
Disputed
"Goldman alumni govern for Goldman"
Unattributed assertion · stance: critical
Not yet independently weighed — one source's claim, unconfirmed elsewhere.
Adversarial Stress-Test of the "Class-Consensus Financial Ar ↗
Disputed
"Institutional investors take ownership of the cash-yielding brownfield infrastructure."
Unattributed assertion · stance: neutral
Not yet independently weighed — one source's claim, unconfirmed elsewhere.
Selling the Coastline: The Carney Government's Port Divestit ↗
Disputed
"Brookfield, BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, and the Maple 8 are the likely buyers"
Asserted by Carney · stance: critical
Not yet independently weighed — one source's claim, unconfirmed elsewhere.
Selling the Coastline: The Carney Government's Port Divestit ↗
1988
1988
Carney joined Goldman Sachs
1998
1998
1998 Russian financial crisis
2008
2008
2008 Financial Crisis
2010
2010
Volcker Rule passed
2022
2022
Goldman Sachs, UBS, and Société Générale issued analyst notes
2022
Goldman Sachs analyst notes in 2022
2022-10
Bloomberg documented
2022-10
Antitrust investigation
2024
2024-12
GFANZ/NZBA exit
2024–2025
Exits from GFANZ
2024–2025
US banks withdraw from Net-Zero Banking Alliance
2024–2025
Net-Zero Banking Alliance abandoned by major US banks
2025
2025-07
Sunak returned to Goldman Sachs
2024
31 December 2024
GFANZ dropped its Paris-alignment requirement
Dec 2024
Goldman Sachs exit NZBA
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2008
December 17, 2008
Stephen Friedman purchased Goldman shares
2009
March 2009
Public disclosure of AIG counterparty list
1998
September 1998
LTCM collapse
2024
late 2024 and early 2025
US banks withdrawal from Net-Zero Banking Alliance
Undated
Goldman Greek swap involvement
departure of the Net-Zero Insurance Alliance
exits of Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo, Bank of America, Citigroup, Morgan Stanley, and JPMorgan Chase
Carney's career at Goldman Sachs
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