Canadian Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne poses for AFP in Toronto, Ontario, on September 14, 2026. Canada is a safe place to invest "in a very uncertain world," the country's finance minister told AFP on Monday, ahead of a summit where the country is eyeing an unprecedented haul of private-sector investment. Prime Minister Mark Carney has pitched the Canada Investment Summit, taking place on September 15, as an opportunity to sell the world's top CEOs and business leaders on investing in Canada, a mineral- and energy-rich country seeking to reduce its dependence on the United States. A list of attendees has not been made public, but Canadian Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne told AFP the people in the room control more than C$120 trillion (US$86 trillion) in global capital. (Photo by VALERIE MACON / AFP via Getty Images)

Canadian Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne poses for AFP in Toronto, Ontario, on September 14, 2026. Canada is a safe place to invest "in a very uncertain world," the country's finance minister told AFP on Monday, ahead of a summit where the country is eyeing an unprecedented haul of private-sector investment. Prime Minister Mark Carney has pitched the Canada Investment Summit, taking place on September 15, as an opportunity to sell the world's top CEOs and business leaders on investing in Canada, a mineral- and energy-rich country seeking to reduce its dependence on the United States. A list of attendees has not been made public, but Canadian Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne told AFP the people in the room control more than C$120 trillion (US$86 trillion) in global capital. (Photo by VALERIE MACON / AFP via Getty Images)

Canadian Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne poses for AFP in Toronto, Ontario, on September 14, 2026. Canada is a safe place to invest "in a very uncertain world," the country's finance minister told AFP on Monday, ahead of a summit where the country is eyeing an unprecedented haul of private-sector investment. Prime Minister Mark Carney has pitched the Canada Investment Summit, taking place on September 15, as an opportunity to sell the world's top CEOs and business leaders on investing in Canada, a mineral- and energy-rich country seeking to reduce its dependence on the United States. A list of attendees has not been made public, but Canadian Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne told AFP the people in the room control more than C$120 trillion (US$86 trillion) in global capital. (Photo by VALERIE MACON / AFP via Getty Images)

KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI - SEPTEMBER 14:William W. Kirk, inspector general of the Small Business Administration, speaks as Vice President JD Vance, from right, Attorney General Todd Blanche, SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler and Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., listen during an event at the FBI Field Office on September 14, 2026 in Kansas City, Missouri. Vance is visiting Missouri and Kansas on a Midwest trip. (Photo by Mark Schiefelbein-Pool/Getty Images)

Inspector general of the Small Business Administration William W. Kirk speaks as Vice President JD Vance (R), and Senator Eric Schmitt (L), Republican from Missouri listen during an event about fraud enforcement at the FBI field office in Kansas City, Missouri, on September 14, 2026. (Photo by Mark Schiefelbein / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

Administrator of the Small Business Administration Kelly Loeffler speaks as Vice President JD Vance (R), listens during an event about fraud enforcement at the FBI field office in Kansas City, Missouri, on September 14, 2026. (Photo by Mark Schiefelbein / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

Administrator of the Small Business Administration Kelly Loeffler speaks as Vice President JD Vance (R), and Senator Eric Schmitt (L), Republican from Missouri listen during an event about fraud enforcement at the FBI field office in Kansas City, Missouri, on September 14, 2026. (Photo by Mark Schiefelbein / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

This photograph shows a board indicating fuel prices at a petrol station in Paris on September 14, 2026. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / AFP via Getty Images)