Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland speaks to reporters in the foyer of the House of Commons following a cabinet meeting on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018. Ultimately, Canada's foreign minister led the country's efforts to salvage a new North American free trade deal. That white-knuckle ride in 2018 has earned Freeland the title of Canada's business news maker of the year. She was the runaway choice of 81 per cent of editors surveyed by The Canadian Press. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
December 20, 2018 - 7:01 AM
OTTAWA - A list of The Canadian Press business newsmakers of the year, as determined in an annual poll of newsrooms across the country:
2018: Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland
2017: Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau
2016: The Foreign Investor
2015: Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz
2014: Former Tim Hortons CEO Marc Caira
2013: Loblaw executive chairman Galen G. Weston
2012: Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney
2011: Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis, co-CEOs of Research in Motion
2010: Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty
2009: Jim Balsillie, co-CEO of Research in Motion
2008: Maple Leaf Foods CEO Michael McCain
2007: Media tycoon Conrad Black
2006: Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty
2005: Media tycoon Conrad Black
2004: Media tycoon Conrad Black
2003: Media tycoon Conrad Black
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