Prime Minister Mark Carney sworn-in as party leaders gear up for campaign

Poilievre questions ‘suspicious’ Liberal enactment results

In his remarks, Poilievre said Carney has “no mandate” arsenic an unelected authoritative chosen by the “Liberal establishment.”

He was responding to a newsman questioning the legitimacy of the enactment race.

The enactment said 163,836 radical successfully went done the authentication process and of those, 151,899 voted.

Earlier this year, the enactment said it had signed up 400,000 registered Liberals.

Poilievre suggested the turnout was either “just pathetically low” oregon "they amusement thing much suspicious.”

It’s a superior accusation.

A lighthearted moment: Carney takes a incorrect turn

It tin beryllium pugnacious to navigate the bureau erstwhile you commencement a caller job.

Instead of walking down the hallway into the furniture country astir an hr ago, the premier curate took a incorrect crook and headed up the stairs. Staffers had to beckon to him to travel back.

“I privation to spell up here. What’s up here?” helium said. “I’m lost.”

He past said his archetypal precedence is to “deal with the c tax” earlier heading into the meeting.

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Poilievre says thing has changed

In a campaign-like speech, Poilievre is arguing wherefore Liberals shouldn't beryllium fixed different changeable astatine governing.

His French remarks unsocial were much than 10 minutes of listing each the reasons helium believes Canadians shouldn’t ballot for the Liberals — similar the instauration of the c tax.

To marque his point, helium printed retired the instrumentality and showed it to the camera.

(Carney suggested the taxation volition beryllium dormant by the extremity of the day.)

With galore returning faces, Poilievre suggested Carney’s furniture is Trudeau’s with "cosmetic surgery.”

Poilievre is speaking now

Anand to suppliers: Use Canadian alloy and aluminum

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.

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.

Singh says Carney is ignoring labour issues

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.

Freeland says it’s a privilege to beryllium successful cabinet

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.

Singh to respond to Carney’s cabinet

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.

Carney asked astir assets

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.