Premiers gather with Carney amid calls for concrete nation-building measures
Tuesday, June 3, 2025, 9:22 am
In a rare high-profile meeting, Canadian premiers and Prime Minister Mark Carney convened to discuss nation-building projects amid a turbulent political backdrop. Leaders offered mixed reviews—the event was hailed as the best in a decade by some, while others lamented the absence of tangible initiatives, leaving the nation to wonder when plans will shift from rhetoric to reality.
Premier Danielle Smith says Prime Minister Carney must act urgently on Alberta's demands to head off separatism in the province
Les partis d’opposition ont voté en faveur d’un amendement au discours du Trône demandant une mise à jour du budget.
By failing to produce a spring budget, Prime Minister Mark Carney is defying the will of the House of Commons and raising concerns in financial markets about the government’s lack of financial transparency that could raise Canada’s borrowing costs. This comes on the heels of a report by the…
De retour de la conférence à Saskatoon, le premier ministre québécois a salué le discours économique du chef libéral.
Le premier ministre François Legault est tombé sous le charme de son homologue fédéral Mark Carney.
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Assembly of First Nations warned that fast track infrastructure plan risks trampling Indigenous rights
Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the premiers' meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney was the best first ministers meeting in 10 years. Ford says they are all leaving the meeting united and the work to choose projects to fast track will continue.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford said on Monday's gathering of the country's premiers to talk over nation-building projects with Prime Minister Mark Carney was the "best" they have had in the last decade.
Carney’s overall goal of backing “nation-building projects” to help head off the effects of Donald Trump’s unjustified and illegal tariffs is good. But the devil is in the details.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Monday’s gathering of the country’s premiers to talk over nation-building projects with Prime Minister Mark Carney was the “best” they have had in the last decade. The comments amount to a lightly veiled jab at former prime minister Justin Trudeau, who frequently had…
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