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There are people, incredible people in Ottawa that that continue to think that, you know, people like Gerald Butts, people like Dominic Barton, people like Mark Carney were more important to Canada's, you know, global policy than Justin Trudeau.
He describes a recurring network of power—Dominic Barton, Gerald Butts, Justin Trudeau, Mark Carney, and Evan Solomon from Eurasia Group—as "the big brains in Ottawa" around major decisions.
He argues the Canadian Infrastructure Bank's $1,000,000,000 loan to BC going to a Chinese shipyard requires scrutiny of the designer, Dominic Barton, and his direct ties to China, including frequent conversations with senior Chinese party secretaries and "documented ties to some over 20 Chinese state owned, enterprises."
He cites the BC Ferries file showing the bank's structure with Barton, and that Mark Carney's current privy council clerk, Michael Sabia, was chair of that Infrastructure Bank after sitting with Dominic Barton and designing it, with McKinsey alumni still running the Infrastructure Bank.