12 minutes ago
Poilievre is speaking now
Rhianna Schmunk
He begins by wishing Trudeau good successful his “retirement” and congratulating Carney connected his archetypal governmental office, referring to the caller premier curate arsenic “Trudeau’s economical adviser.”
19 minutes ago
Anand to suppliers: Use Canadian alloy and aluminum
Catharine Tunney
Carney’s caller authorities appears to beryllium moving fast. Industry Minister Anita Anand says she’s already met with her lawman minister, the department’s apical bureaucrat.
“I person instructed him to hole a missive that volition beryllium going to our suppliers to bargain Canadian, to guarantee they are utilizing Canadian alloy and aluminum successful the products the Government of Canada is purchasing,” she said.
The U.S. imposed 25 per cent tariffs connected each alloy and aluminum imports earlier this week — and Canada is their biggest source.
22 minutes ago
Michael Woods
Singh besides said Karina Gould not being successful furniture sends a connection to progressive Liberals that there’s nary spot for them successful the party.
He characterized the adjacent predetermination arsenic “a contention to the right” betwixt Carney and Poilievre, which means “workers lose.”
The NDP has been bleeding enactment successful the polls to the Liberals recently.
24 minutes ago
Singh says Carney is ignoring labour issues
Michael Woods
The NDP person criticized Carney’s deficiency of a portfolio specifically for women, younker and radical with disabilities.
He besides singled retired the information that Carney’s furniture does not person a curate of labour.
Steven MacKinnon is present the curate of jobs and families. His erstwhile rubric included the connection “labour,” but it’s harmless to accidental labour issues volition inactive autumn nether his role.
“You mightiness accidental it’s conscionable a name. Well, the sanction means something,” Singh said.
He said it shows Carney’s authorities is not prioritizing labour, unions and workers.
35 minutes ago
Freeland says it’s a privilege to beryllium successful cabinet
Catharine Tunney
While her caller relation could beryllium seen arsenic a demotion, Chrystia Freeland was smiling arsenic she arrived for Carney’s archetypal furniture meeting.
Before her daze resignation successful December, Freeland was lawman premier curate and concern minister. She is present transport and interior commercialized minister.
Asked if she sees it arsenic a measurement down, Freeland called serving successful furniture a privilege.
She pointed retired that she had projected a smaller furniture during the enactment campaign.
“Ideas person nary copyright,” she said.
43 minutes ago
Singh to respond to Carney’s cabinet
Michael Woods
In summation to Poilievre, we’re expecting to perceive from NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh successful a abstracted quality conference.
Singh earlier contiguous congratulated Trudeau connected his clip successful office.
“Whatever disagreements we person had, his emotion for Canada is ever evident,” helium said connected societal media. “I cognize PM Trudeau has ever been determination for his kids, and I anticipation arsenic helium steps distant from authorities helium gets to bask much clip conscionable being a dad.”
Poilievre’s enactment of onslaught connected Carney from the opening has been that he’s “just similar Justin,” and the information that galore of Carney’s ministers were antecedently appointed by Trudeau volition surely diagnostic successful his comments today.
45 minutes ago
Carney asked astir assets
Catharine Tunney
After Carney's speech, a newsman asked him if he’ll disclose the quality and worth of the fiscal assets helium enactment into a unsighted spot aft winning the enactment leadership.
Carney called the framing of the question “odd,” and past explained wherefore helium felt that way.
“You don't know. By explanation you don't cognize the assets due to the fact that the trustees instrumentality implicit the responsibility,” helium said. A trustee tin bargain oregon merchantability assets successful the spot and the rules stipulate that Carney can’t cognize astir those transactions.
Carney’s assets person been a constituent of onslaught from Poilievre, who accuses Carney of hiding "millions of dollars successful interests that spell against" the interests of Canada and Canadians.
The caller PM said his assets were earned done employment arsenic a nationalist servant and successful the backstage assemblage — and past took his ain swipe astatine Poilievre.
“I would enactment arsenic good that employment successful the backstage assemblage is thing that the person of the Opposition has ne'er experienced,” Carney said.
1 hr ago
Carney’s code has wrapped. Poilievre is up next
Rhianna Schmunk
FULL SPEECH | PM Carney delivers archetypal code aft being sworn successful astatine Rideau Hall
Following a ceremonial astatine Rideau Hall successful Ottawa connected Friday, Prime Minister Mark Carney says it’s a ‘solemn work to service arsenic premier curate astatine this clip of large effect for our country.’
You tin ticker Carney's afloat code successful the video above.
The Conservative person is acceptable to talk successful conscionable a fewer minutes.
1 hr ago
Catharine Tunney
Carney hints astatine removing c taxation ‘by extremity of the day’
Asked however helium plans to get escaped of the user c taxation up of its scheduled summation connected April 1, Prime Minister Mark Carney said ‘how are we going to bash it by the extremity of the day.’ Carney added helium would person much details pursuing a Friday day furniture meeting.
Carney campaigned connected dumping the user c taxation and seemed to hint conscionable present that could hap quickly.
With the c terms acceptable to summation connected April 1, helium was asked however helium plans to debar that summation successful the adjacent fewer weeks.
Carney joked the question should beryllium “how are we going to bash it by the extremity of the day?”
He suggested he’ll person much to accidental aft his archetypal furniture gathering this afternoon.
1 hr ago
Rubio comments ‘crazy,' Carney says
Catharine Tunney
'It's crazy,' caller PM Carney says of 51st authorities comments
In 1 of his archetypal answers arsenic premier minister, Mark Carney called continued comments astir Canada being a 51st authorities 'crazy.' It comes aft U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio made remarks astir Trump's presumption astatine a G7 gathering successful Charlevoix, Que.
Asked astir Rubio’s comments, Carney was abbreviated and blunt.
“It’s crazy," helium said. “His constituent is crazy. That's it.”