Invest in Canada’s Chief Executive Resigns Weeks Before Investment Summit

The top bureaucrat in charge of attracting foreign investment to Canada has quit weeks before a high-profile summit aimed at doing exactly that. Laurel Broten, a former Ontario cabinet minister, is set to resign as chief executive officer of Invest in Canada as of Tuesday. Dominic LeBlanc, the minister responsible for the federal investment agency, …

Invest in Canada’s Chief Executive Resigns Weeks Before Investment Summit

TL;DR

  • Laurel Broten, CEO of Invest in Canada, is resigning.
  • Broten is a former Ontario cabinet minister.
  • Her resignation comes weeks before a foreign investment summit.
  • The summit aims to attract foreign investors to Canadian projects.