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Invest in Canada’s Chief Executive Resigns Weeks Before Investment Summit
Laurel Broten is resigning as chief executive officer of Invest in Canada effective Tuesday, weeks before a key investment summit.
Dominic LeBlanc, the federal minister responsible for Invest in Canada, announced he is accepting Broten's resignation on social media.
Broten previously served in multiple cabinet roles in Ontario politics under Premier Dalton McGuinty for nearly a decade.
The resignation occurs before a mid-September summit where the government plans to pitch Canadian projects to foreign investors and domestic fund leaders, with Prime Minister Mark Carney involved.
The senior official in charge of attracting foreign investment to Canada resigned a few weeks before a high-profile summit aimed specifically at this goal.