Carney highlights aid Gander residents gave U.S. during 9/11 at N.L. campaign stop

Alex Kennedy · CBC News

· Posted: Mar 24, 2025 2:36 PM EDT | Last Updated: 4 minutes ago

Liberal Leader Mark Carney continued travelling successful Newfoundland connected Monday with a run halt successful Gander, locking successful connected the enactment residents showed travellers from the United States during the Sept. 11 attacks implicit 2 decades ago.

Carney's podium code included a nod to Gander's effect during the attacks, which saw residents measurement up to enactment travellers erstwhile planes were diverted to Gander. 

"We person to look retired for ourselves, and we person to look retired for each different similar you did successful Gander," Carney told a assemblage that had gathered.

"Unfortunately, President Trump's actions person enactment that kinship nether greater strain."

Carney's code concluded by telling the assemblage helium would combat for Canada successful his mandate.

His sojourn besides included conversations with residents of Gander who helped travellers — and particularly, Americans — during 9/11. Diane Davis told CBC News she spoke with Carney for astir an hour.

"We talked astir the information that, you know, we person to beryllium arrogant of who we are, and we can't fto threats alteration however we respond to radical successful need," Davis said.

WATCH | Liberal Leader Mark Carney draws connected Canada's 9/11 effect astatine a Gander, N.L., run stop:

"We had a batch of things successful communal successful our conversation. He's precise casual to speech to."

Davis said she besides told Carney of the affirmative repercussions that person travel successful the decades that person followed Sept. 11. She'll soon beryllium gathering virtually with precocious schoolhouse students successful Maine to archer them astir it, and said it's important that Americans beryllium reminded of it.

"I showed [Carney] cards wherever Grade 8 students had thanked me…. One of the cards that I conscionable happened to propulsion out, the small miss said 'Your stories of kindness animate maine to beryllium much kind," Davis said.

"I deliberation it's important to beryllium kind. It's besides important to enactment your ft down and beryllium strong, and I deliberation we tin bash both."

Among the assemblage was 17-year-old Joseph Scott, who told CBC News helium resonated with Carney's words.

"I conjecture it's bully to person idiosyncratic connected Canadians' side. I'm arrogant to beryllium Canadian, but there's a batch of worldly going connected close now," Scott said. "[I heard] immoderate bully stuff, immoderate promising things, and I hope, you know, it volition travel true."

Central campaigner commits to supporting harvesters

Carney kicked disconnected his predetermination run successful St. John's connected Sunday, promising tax cuts while addressing the hundreds of protesting food harvesters that had gathered extracurricular the city's normal centre.

During his speech, Carney acknowledged the protesting harvesters, and said helium is determination to listen. He said his government will instrumentality a person look astatine the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, with the extremity of creating a sustainable fishery and potentially restructuring the department.

Lynette Powell, the acclaimed Liberal campaigner for Central Newfoundland, said she's hoping to larn much astir the contented from voters but backed Carney's commitment.

"I'm going to fig retired what their concerns are, and I'm going to enactment connected their behalf. I cognize they're frustrated and it's their livelihood. I spot what happens erstwhile they can't work, truthful I americium precise invested," Powell said.

"All of america privation this fishery to beryllium astir truthful that our grandkids are inactive capable to fish."

Powell said she's moving to guarantee that agrarian Newfoundland is decently represented nationally.

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