Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney arrived in Brussels Sunday night ahead of a major summit with the European Union, where Canada is expected to sign a new security and defense partnership. One of the top items on the agenda is Canada’s potential participation in SAFE (Security Action For Europe)—the EU’s ambitious €150 billion ($173 billion USD) joint military procurement loan fund.
For those unfamiliar, SAFE is administered through the “Reinforcement of European Defense Industry Instrument”, a program designed to accelerate urgent, large-scale public investment into Europe’s defense industrial base. The goal is to strengthen EU military capabilities while supporting its defense manufacturers through coordinated funding mechanisms.
On the surface, Canada’s involvement may appear strategic. However, as with many initiatives tied to ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) frameworks, there is far more happening beneath the surface.
ESG, Brookfield, and the Bigger Picture
What many Canadians may not realize is how deeply Mark Carney’s leadership is intertwined with ESG policy, particularly through his previous roles at the Bank of England, the UN’s climate finance initiatives, and Brookfield Asset Management, where he served as head of ESG investing. A simple search of “Brookfield ESG” will show the extent to which corporate interests and climate narratives are being woven into national policy.
The EU has taken the global lead in pushing ESG standards, introducing a sweeping regulatory framework that includes the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and new controls on ESG ratings. These policies aim to reshape global capital flows—but they also enable massive government intervention in private industry under the banner of “sustainability.”
Put simply, ESG is not about the environment—it’s about control.
It’s a sophisticated corporate welfare scheme wrapped in green branding, giving governments and politically connected corporations the power to pick winners and losers in the economy while enforcing ideological compliance through financial incentives.
The Cost of Doing Business with Europe
From a Canadian perspective, partnering with SAFE comes with significant economic risks. Canada already imposes price control mechanisms on its own energy industry, most notably through the Canada Energy Regulator (CER). The CER sets pipeline tolls that effectively penalize Alberta’s energy producers, making it expensive to transport oil and gas even within our own country.
British Columbia Premier David Eby has repeatedly pointed out that TMX (Trans Mountain Expansion) is not operating at full capacity—implying there’s no need to expand Canadian pipeline infrastructure. But what he fails to mention is that excessive CER tolls are a key reason why producers are reluctant to use it.
Whether Alberta oil is shipped west to B.C. or east to Quebec, it’s slapped with regulatory tolls that undermine competitiveness. These fees not only enrich Canada’s bloated public sector—they also discourage private-sector investment and expansion.
ESG’s Global Impact on Canadian Energy
Now consider what happens when Canadian energy companies try to compete in European markets already dominated by ESG regulation. Under the EU’s system, countries like Saudi Arabia can continue selling oil to Europe—as long as buyers purchase carbon credits to offset emissions. This gives foreign oil a competitive edge over Canadian oil, which is already burdened by domestic taxes, regulations, and ESG compliance costs.
This isn’t a free market—it’s a stacked deck, and it’s stacked against Canada’s private sector.
Meanwhile, the EU’s rigid bureaucracy was a central reason behind Brexit—a fact Mark Carney knows all too well from his time in the UK. Despite that history, he’s now positioning Canada to enter into another complex web of European red tape, this time under the guise of defense and sustainability.
Conclusion: Loyalty and Leadership
There’s growing concern that Mark Carney’s loyalties lie not with Canada, but with a broader global agenda rooted in ESG ideology, elite financial interests, and supranational governance. His push to entangle Canada with SAFE and European defense financing—without clear economic benefits for Canadians—raises serious questions.
And yet, amid all the complexity, the truth remains simple: Canada needs leadership that prioritizes liberty, sovereignty, and prosperity—not bureaucratic expansion and ideological control.
If you’re a believer in God, or even just someone searching for truth and clarity in a confused world, consider this: the ultimate form of freedom is found not in manmade systems, but in Jesus Christ.
Only through Yeshua (Jesus)—not politicians, not ESG, and not the EU—can we find peace, purpose, and real direction.