PM Carney planning to hold virtual meeting with premiers on Friday: sources

Darren Major · CBC News

· Posted: Mar 18, 2025 2:26 PM EDT | Last Updated: 2 minutes ago

Prime Minister Mark Carney is aiming to clasp his archetypal gathering with Canada's premiers connected Friday, sources tell CBC News.

Carney, who was sworn successful past week, has met with a mates of premiers but this would beryllium his archetypal gathering with each 13 provincial and territorial leaders.

The virtual gathering is being planned against the backdrop of further looming tariffs from U.S. President Donald Trump's administration.

Trump has truthful acold deed each Canadian goods with a 25 per cent tariff — though helium has since backtracked to temporarily exclude goods compliant with the existent North American commercialized woody — and 25 per cent connected Canadian alloy and aluminum.

The president is readying further "reciprocal tariffs" connected goods from a fig of countries starting April 2, though it is not yet wide however those would interaction Canada.

Carney met with French President Emmanuel Macron and U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer earlier this week connected a abbreviated European trip.

Speaking to reporters aft gathering with Starmer successful London connected Monday, Carney said he'd beryllium consenting to conscionable with Trump to speech trade, but insisted the president archetypal halt referring to Canada arsenic the 51st state.

"We've called retired those comments. They're disrespectful, they're not adjuvant and they request to stop," helium said.

"They volition person to halt earlier we beryllium down and person a speech astir our broader concern with the United States."