The Bilderberg Group

Canada's Co-Chair: Mark Carney

The 68th Bilderberg Meeting is underway which will see roughly 120 global elites from 21 countries converge on  Washington, DC. The meeting is being held from June 2 - 5 in which the political leaders and experts of industry will discuss a variety of issues. According to their website, there are 14 key topics for this years meeting:

1. Geopolitical Realignments
2. NATO Challenges
3. China
4. Indo-Pacific Realignment
5. Sino-US Tech Competition
6. Russia
7. Continuity of Government and the Economy
8. Disruption of the Global Financial System
9. Disinformation
10. Energy Security and Sustainability
11. Post Pandemic Health
12. Fragmentation of Democratic Societies
13. Trade and Deglobalisation
14. Ukraine

The Bilderberg Meeting is characterized as, “a forum for informal discussions about major issues.” Interestingly, these political leaders, and experts of finance, academia, labour and media must abide by strict rules of secrecy. “The meetings are held under the Chatham House Rule, which states that participants are free to use the information received, but neither the identity nor the affiliation of the speaker(s) nor any other participant may be revealed.” The Bilderberg Group states that this is intended to allow for the free-flow of ideas without presenting any conflicts of interest. However, it generates many questions relating to transparency. There is no way to verify whether members of the Bilderberg Group have made backroom deals at the meeting; backroom deals that could very-well go against the interests of their constituents or generate financial gains through unethical practices. In fact, the Bilderberg Group brags about the fact that participants, “are not bound by the conventions of their office or by pre-agreed positions.”

There is a hierarchy within the Bilderberg Group, bound by secrecy of course. While they do not reveal the identity of each member's position within the group, they do reveal that a “Steering Committee” designates a Chair and Co-Chair. The Chair is responsible for leading the Steering Committee, and in conjunction, they prepare the annual Bilderberg Meeting programme as well as selecting participants. In summation, there is a small select group responsible for the organizational process of the Bilderberg Meetings. The hospitality costs of the annual Meeting are the responsibility of the Steering Committee member(s) of the host country. According to the Bilderberg Meetings website, “The expenses of maintaining the small secretariat of Bilderberg Meetings are covered wholly by private subscription.”
Press Release

Some nations have multiple Steering Committee members, while others have just one. A complete list of Steering Committee Co-Chairs can be found below, however they do not reveal who holds the position of Chair.

https://www.bilderbergmeetings.org/background/steering-committee/steering-committee

A brief glance at the list of Steering Committee Co-Chairs gives you an idea of the influence the Bilderberg Group has on the world. From the President of the World Economic Forum, to Editors-In-Chief of major news publications, to Venture Capital firms who are invested in a majority of the world's businesses. Their reach is seemingly unrivaled and unmatched.

For Canadians, a Co-Chair of particular interest is Mark Carney, current Vice Chair of Brookfield Asset Management. Mark Carney is Canada’s only Co-Chair, giving him tremendous sway when it comes to Canadian economic and political influence within the Bilderberg Meeting. Carney is a Canadian economist and banker who served as Governor of the Bank of Canada following the economic collapse of 2008, until 2013. In 2013, he accepted the position of Governor of the Bank of England, a position he held until 2020 when he became the Vice Chair and Head of Impact Investing at Canadian multinational investment management company, Brookfield Asset Management. Mark Carney | Brookfield. Brookfield Asset Management has US$725 billion of assets under management, as of 2021, and has been headed by CEO Bruce Flatt,  “Canada’s Warren Buffet”, since 2002. As you would expect, Brookfield Asset Management has some high profile stockholders. Aside from Brookfield Management Pic Canada LP being the largest stockholder in their own asset management firm, Canada’s big three banks make the top 10 owners list – TD Asset Management, RBC Global Asset Management, and BMO Asset Management, as well as the infamous Vanguard Group, who have about US$7 trillion in global assets as of 2021. Vanguard

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Interestingly, within Brookfield Asset Management’s top 10 Mutual Fund Holdings are Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund Investor Shares and Vanguard Developed Markets Index Fund Admiral Shares, as well as the RBC Canadian Dividend Fund.

https://money.cnn.com/quote/forecast/forecast.html?symb=BAM

There appears to be some incestuous investment activity going on between Vanguard Group, one of the worlds largest investment firms, and Canada’s largest investment firm Brookfield Asset Management. Curiously, there is no representative listed as a participant, nor as co-chair, representing Vanguard at the Bilderberg Meeting despite being one of the worlds largest investment firms. Participants 2022. Based on the size and reach of the Vanguard Group – who manage US$7 trillion in assets worldwide – it would be safe to assume they would be one of the members of the Steering Committee at the Bilderberg Meeting, if not the Chair of the Steering Committee. Vanguard's reach is undeniable - take a look at their top holdings, which include companies like Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Tesla, Johnson & Johnson, JP Morgan Chase.

Vanguard Group 13F filings and top holdings and stakes

As a result of the Chatham House Rule that all Bilderberg Group Meeting participants must respect, we cannot know for sure what is going on behind closed doors at the annual Meetings. That being said, it is fruitful to examine which participants are attending, as well as who is behind the money for each participant. When it comes to Canada’s only Co-Chair, Mark Carney of Brookfield Asset Management, this analysis is quite telling. Canada’s top 3 Banks have invested in the firm, as well as arguably one of the most influential investment firms in the world, The Vanguard Group. It is not unreasonable to insinuate that Brookfield Asset Management, as well as Mark Carney, have tremendous sway in the economic direction of Canada given the financial backing they have.

Many often dismiss these claims as conspiracy theory, however the Bilderberg Group is the source for much of this information. They are the ones that claim, “between 120-140 political leaders and experts from industry, finance, labour, academia and the media are invited to take part in the Meeting,” in which discussions about major global issues take place. They are the ones who claim that these discussions occur under sworn secrecy that stipulates, “participants are free to use the information received, but neither the identity nor the affiliation of the speaker(s) nor any other participant may be revealed,” making the meeting a prime opportunity for shady financial practices like insider trading. press release

The 68th Bilderberg Meeting will take place from 2 - 5 June 2022 in Washington, D.C., with no mainstream media coverage. This is not surprising given the influence on media that participants have, like President of the World Economic Forum, Børge Brende, and Editors-In-Chief of Bloomberg and the Economist, John Micklethwait and Zanny Minton Beddoes. Once considered a conspiracy theory, cannot be denied any longer. The Bilderberg Group have their own website, and their motives must be questioned. On the one hand, they claim that the annual Meeting is merely a forum for European and North American political leaders and experts of industry to discuss global issues free from the constraints of their office or pre-agreed positions. On the other hand, they have an oath of secrecy in which participants may not identify the origin of any ideas discussed at the annual Bilderberg Meeting. The participants of these annual Meetings must be scrutinized by the people. Their reach is practically inconceivable, even when looking at a list of participants. However, collectively we can follow the money and analyze decisions being made on the global stage. Their secret society is no longer secret, and we do not have to be at the mercy of a select few.
When it comes to Canada, we know where to start – Mark Carney, Bruce Flatt, and the Brookfield Asset Management firm. They are connected to a network of the most influential people in the world and manage Canada’s largest investment firm, which has Canada’s banks as shareholders.