Carney’s Crony Wind Scam: Liberal Insiders and Scott Brison’s Brother Pocket 206 Million Taxpayer Dollars in Nova Scotia Green Grift While Hiding the Dirty Loan Details

The Mersey River Wind Farm is a clean energy project in Queens County, Nova Scotia, that features 33 wind turbines capable of producing 148.5 megawatts of power to supply more than 50,000 homes. The Canada Infrastructure Bank, under the Carney government as prime minister, provided a loan of 206.4 million dollars to a partnership involving Slate Asset Management and funds managed by Hamilton Lane. This money helps build the wind farm, while Renewall Energy Incorporated sells the electricity directly to Nova Scotia residents and businesses for the first time, breaking the traditional monopoly held by Nova Scotia Power. The project also receives up to 25 million dollars in grants from Natural Resources Canada and remains eligible for substantial federal tax credits that could reach around 122.5 million dollars, bringing the total public support close to 350 million dollars or more. Construction happens in two phases, with the first one expected to finish in 2027, and it creates more than 200 jobs at peak activity.

The controversy explodes from the ownership ties at Roswall Development Incorporated, which owns Renewall Energy. The board includes several people with close family connections to former Liberal politicians, and critics tie it straight to Mark Carney through one key link. Michel Samson serves as chair, and he previously acted as a Nova Scotia Liberal member of the legislative assembly for Cape Breton Richmond until 2017, plus he served as interim leader of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party. Edgar Samson sits as a director, and he owns Premium Seafoods while acting as the brother of Darrel Samson, who served as the federal Liberal member of parliament for Sackville Preston Chezzetcook until 2025. Mitchell Brison appears on the board, and he owns Brison Developments while serving as the brother of Scott Brison, who held the federal Liberal seat for Kings Hants, acted as president of the Treasury Board in the federal cabinet, and remains a long time friend and political advisor to Mark Carney himself. Daniel Roscoe, also known as Dan Roscoe, founded Renewall Energy and acts as its president and chief executive officer, while serving as the son in law of David Dingwall, who served as the federal Liberal member of parliament for Cape Breton East Richmond until 1997 and held cabinet positions in the federal government.

Conservative members of parliament including Doctor Leslyn Lewis raised sharp questions in the House of Commons standing committee on transport infrastructure and communities because the Canada Infrastructure Bank refused to disclose the exact interest rate on the loan, citing commercial sensitivity. In the committee the chief executive officer admitted the board connections to former Liberal figures, and the bank confirmed it knew about these ties before approving the deal. Critics argue that the arrangement gives favorable low interest public funding to a project linked to Liberal connected families, with Mitchell Brison's direct sibling tie to Scott Brison pulling Mark Carney into the spotlight as the current prime minister whose government signed off on the money. This happens at a time when many ordinary Canadians and small businesses pay much higher rates, and it fuels accusations of cronyism under the Carney Liberals. The bank chief executive officer Ehren Cory testified that officials knew about these historical political connections before approving the deal, yet they conducted due diligence and found no high risk of conflict, so the loan moved forward based on the project merits such as clean power, jobs, and consumer choice in Nova Scotia. No current elected Liberal officials hold direct roles in the companies, and no proof of illegal activity or direct political favors has emerged, yet the family links, especially the Brison to Carney connection, create strong optics of insider benefits and reduced transparency on how taxpayer money gets allocated. Proponents including Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston and federal ministers defend the project as a legitimate step toward renewable energy and economic growth for the province, but opponents call it a classic Liberal insiders get rich scheme where public dollars flow to connected players while details stay hidden.