Prime Minister Mark Carney focused on economy, sovereignty in 1st speech

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.

Rubio comments ‘crazy,' Carney says

Asked astir Rubio’s comments, Carney was abbreviated and blunt.

“It’s crazy," helium said. “His constituent is crazy. That's it.”

As Carney’s sworn in, Rubio takes jab astatine Canadian sovereignty

While Carney and his furniture were being sworn in, a elder U.S. authoritative took a swipe astatine Canadian sovereignty — portion connected Canadian soil.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters that Trump's presumption is that Canada would beryllium amended disconnected joining the United States.

"There's a disagreement betwixt the president's presumption and the presumption of the Canadian government," Rubio said astatine the G7 overseas ministers’ gathering successful La Malbaie, Que.

"I don't deliberation that's a enigma coming in, and it wasn't a taxable of speech due to the fact that that's not what this acme was about."

As for erstwhile Canadians spell to the polls?

Carney isn’t confirming immoderate plans to telephone an aboriginal election. “The quality contiguous is down me,” helium said, pointing to the caller furniture lasting down him.

“There volition beryllium different quality successful the coming days.”

Carney mum connected wherever he’ll run

A newsman asked if determination were nary Alberta ministers successful his furniture due to the fact that helium plans to tally successful the province. Carney grew up successful Edmonton and launched his run there.

Carney dodged the question and said he’ll person much to accidental connected wherever he’ll tally astatine different date.

Currently nary plans to spell to the U.S.

Carney wants the authorities to walk less

In his opening remarks, Carney said his authorities volition beryllium focused connected 2 main priorities: the archetypal of which is protecting Canadian workers successful the look of U.S. tariff threats.

But the second, helium said, is "Growing this large state by putting much wealth successful Canadians' pockets. By ensuring that authorities spends little truthful Canada tin put more."

That’s a enactment that could conceivably person been borrowed from a Poilievre stump speech. But Carney emphasized the “positivity” of his approach.

In an evident changeable astatine the Conservative leader, whom helium did not notation by name, helium said: "Negativity won't triumph a commercialized war."

Poilievre is scheduled to talk successful astir 45 minutes successful downtown Ottawa.

Carney making his 1st code arsenic PM

Prime Minister Mark Carney is delivering his archetypal code successful the role. He’s lasting extracurricular Rideau Hall with his new, pared-down furniture down him. (Luckily, it's supra freezing successful Ottawa today.)

He’ll instrumentality questions after.

Crowd (and protesters) astatine Rideau Hall to spot caller PM

According to our workfellow Ashley Burke connected the ground, determination are astir 50 members of the nationalist astatine Rideau Hall to spot caller Prime Minister Mark Carney. He has a furniture gathering scheduled, truthful we’ll spot if helium takes immoderate clip to shingle hands.

There’s besides a radical of demonstrators, says Burke. Many of them are the aforesaid convoy protesters who are routinely camped extracurricular of the premier minister's office.

Conservative person weighs successful

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre offered his instrumentality connected Carney’s furniture connected societal media.

He was speedy to constituent retired that astir ministers served successful Trudeau’s furniture and each were members of his caucus.

“A Liberal is simply a Liberal is simply a Liberal,” helium said.

Poilievre volition nary uncertainty person much to accidental erstwhile helium speaks to reporters this afternoon.