Mark Carney chooses former UN ambassador Marc-André Blanchard as his chief of staff

Prime Minister Mark Carney announced Sunday day he's selected former Canadian ambassador to the United Nations Marc-André Blanchard arsenic his main of staff. Blanchard volition statesman the occupation successful July, replacing former furniture curate Marco Mendicino.

"Marc-André has a agelong and distinguished vocation arsenic 1 of Canada's astir accomplished builders, ineligible experts, executives, nationalist servants, and diplomats including serving arsenic Canada's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations," Carney said successful a societal media post.

Blanchard served arsenic Canada's ambassador to the UN from 2016 to 2020. He presently works arsenic enforcement vice-president of Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, which manages nationalist pension plans and security programs successful the province.

He'll regenerate erstwhile furniture curate Marco Mendicino, who took connected the relation aft Carney won the Liberal enactment contention successful March. Sources told CBC News astatine the clip that the former Liberal MP would beryllium successful his caller relation lone temporarily.

Opposition parties heavy scrutinized Carney's prime to prosecute Mendicino astatine the time, some for his clip successful furniture and his stance connected the Middle East.

Carney said Mendicino "has my continued appreciation for his work arsenic my Chief of Staff into the aboriginal summer, including arsenic we present important authorities to present connected our mandate from Canadians and hole to big planetary partners astatine the upcoming G7 Summit successful Kananaskis."

PM gathering premiers successful Saskatoon

The premier curate announced his caller main of unit the time earlier he'll speak with premiers astir his ambition to fast-track projects that are successful Canada's nationalist interest. It volition beryllium Carney's archetypal gathering with the archetypal ministers since helium won the national predetermination successful April, and the main docket item will beryllium processing large projects.

Project support was a important portion of past week's throne code work by King Charles. The code promised to "unleash a caller epoch of growth" by creating a national task reappraisal bureau and reducing regulatory reviews "from 5 years to two."

The Liberals are aiming to present authorities this period that would present "up-front regulatory approvals" to large projects successful the nationalist interest, according to a national papers CBC News obtained.

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Premiers from each provinces and territories are lining up with task ideas.

Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew wants an economical corridor that includes Manitoba's Port of Churchill, portion Ontario Premier Doug Ford would similar to spot much improvement to entree captious mineral deposits successful the province's Ring of Fire.

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith person some called for much lipid and state pipelines to augment their provincial economies. In a missive sent to Carney successful mid-May, Smith besides demanded the national authorities wantonness the lipid and state emissions cap, overhaul the Impact Assessment Act and repeal Canada's concern c tax.

In an exclusive interrogation with CBC's Power & Politics last week, Carney said helium wants projects competing for national approval, with the champion ideas winning out. 

"In effect, we're going to person a contention with projects. Some projects are bully ideas, but they're not ready. Others are ready, but they're atrocious ideas," helium said.

Carney had antecedently met with premiers successful March and committed to removing interior commercialized barriers by July 1.