Canadian Press business newsmaker of the year selections over the years

TORONTO — A list of The Canadian Press business newsmakers of the year, as determined in an annual poll of newsrooms across the country: 2016: The Foreign Investor 2015: Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz 2014: Former Tim Hortons CEO Marc Ca

The cityscape is pictured in downtown Vancouver, B.C. Thursday, Dec. 22, 2016. A nameless, faceless figure at the heart of the controversy surrounding soaring real estate prices has been named The Canadian Press business newsmaker of the year. As home prices in Vancouver and Toronto rose at a torrid pace, public and political attention shifted to an enigma that, rightly or wrongly, some believed to be the culprit: the foreign investor. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

TORONTO — A list of The Canadian Press business newsmakers of the year, as determined in an annual poll of newsrooms across the country:

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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Canadian Press business newsmaker of the year selections over the years

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