Prime Minister Mark Carney is meeting with the country’s premiers to discuss trade and other nationwide priorities as part of a first ministers meeting.
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Carney signals ‘the imperative of making Canada an energy superpower’
Prime Minister Mark Carney takes part in the First Minister Meeting at the National War Museum in Ottawa on Friday, March 21, 2025.
Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press
SASKATOON—Building bridges — and possibly pipelines — while battling barriers.
As Prime Minister Mark Carney meets Monday with the premiers, he wants to fast-track “nation-building” infrastructure projects and eliminate interprovincial trade barriers to strengthen a Canadian economy under attack from U.S. President Donald Trump.
“Partnership is a theme for our discussion this morning,” Carney said Sunday in Calgary at a roundtable with leading figures from the oil and gas industry before the first ministers’ meeting.
“It’s a critical time for our country. The world’s certainly more divided and dangerous and the imperative of making Canada an energy superpower in all respects has never been greater. We will do everything we can at the federal government level to support those partnerships,” he said.
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Marc-André Blanchard named chief of staff to Prime Minister Carney
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Former Canadian ambassador to the United Nations Marc-André Blanchard will serve as Prime Minister Mark Carney’s chief of staff starting next month, Carney announced Sunday.
“Marc-André has a long and distinguished career,” Carney said in a post on X on Sunday afternoon, pointing to Blanchard’s experience in law, diplomacy and the public service.
Currently, Blanchard is the executive vice-president and head of CDPQ Global and Global head of sustainability. He is responsible for co-ordinating the Quebec pension fund manager’s international operations, CDPQ’s website said. From 2016 to 2020, Blanchard was Canada’s ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations.
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Chief says infrastructure drive could trigger another Idle No More protest movement
By The Canadian Press
National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak of the Assembly of First Nations, who met with Prime Minister Mark Carney Thursday afternoon, issued a warning to the provinces and Ottawa.
She said it “may not end well” if they make decisions about major infrastructure projects at the first ministers meeting in Saskatoon without First Nations involvement.
The Assembly of First Nations has long called for its inclusion at first ministers meetings but has only been able to secure secondary meetings with prime ministers ahead of the official meetings.
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