Carney’s Pivot to Beijing: Did the Canada China Business Council Help Pen Ottawa’s China Reset?

In a speech marking what Mark Carney cast as a new “era” for Canada, the prime minister thanked the Canada China Business Council for helping “bring us to this moment,” then unveiled his EV deal.

OTTAWA – In a polished Beijing banquet hall on January 16, 2026, Prime Minister Mark Carney opened what is perhaps the most important and least analyzed speech of his young premiership by turning fir…