has written aletter asking the ethics commissioner to investigate the relationship between Prime Minister Mark Carney and the CEO of Telesat, after Ottawa awarded a $2.3 billion contract to the satellite communications company.
Jivani’s Oct. 30 letter to Ethics Commissioner Konrad von Finckenstein, which Jivani publicized on Nov. 3, says Carney has had a long-standing friendship with Telesat CEO Dan Goldberg, and that under the Conflict of Interest Act, the commissioner should determine whether a conflict of interest screen should be applied to Carney.
Jivani said Carney and Goldberg have confirmed they are close friends, first meeting around two decades ago when their children played in the same preschool soccer league in Ottawa. Jivani noted that Goldberg was a guest during Carney’s swearing-in as prime minister at Rideau Hall in March 2025.
The Tory MP said Carney also has a “history of personally championing Telesat,” including when he “stressed the importance of Canadian-led low-earth-orbit satellite systems” before the House of Commons Industry Committee in May 2021. He added that the original edition of Carney’s 2021 book, called “Value(s),” said Telesat’s Low Earth Orbit sa...