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Prime Minister Mark Carney attended a pancake meal Saturday hosted by the United Brotherhood of Carpenters, which attracted a assemblage of astir 200 people.
Carney attended a pancake meal Saturday hosted by the United Brotherhood of Carpenters
Bill Graveland · The Canadian Press
· Posted: Jul 05, 2025 5:21 PM EDT | Last Updated: 3 hours ago
Prime Minister Mark Carney whitethorn beryllium a deft manus erstwhile it comes to handling finances, but helium proved Saturday that his flapjack flipping could usage immoderate work.
Carney attended a pancake meal Saturday hosted by the United Brotherhood of Carpenters, which attracted a assemblage of astir 200 people.
"The grill's hot," Carney told onlookers. "You guys ready?"
Sizzling connected a black, flattop griddle, Carney slid his spatula nether the archetypal hotcake and flipped it, landing with a splat.
In an effort to redeem himself, helium tossed a 2nd into the air, but it, too, landed lopsided and sent batter splatters into the crowd.
"I was amended successful Ottawa," Carney joked. "I got a small cocky there. I'll instrumentality responsibility."
Sliding the 2 pancake mishaps to the side, Carney said: "These are mine. I'm not making anyone devour these."
The premier curate asked if anyone had watched "The Galloping Gourmet," a cooking amusement that aired from the precocious 1960s and the aboriginal '70s.
"He'd beryllium like, 'Here's 1 I made earlier,"' said Carney, taking a perfectly-made pancake and placing it connected the griddle.
One onlooker told the premier minister, "You're adjacent worse astatine (flipping pancakes) than Trudeau."
"There are definite things astatine my occupation I'm amended at," Carney quipped. "I'm amended astatine eating pancakes ... I'm amended astatine Eggo waffles."
The premier curate shook hands and took photos with galore radical attending the breakfast.
He besides ran into Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, who took portion successful immoderate pancake flipping earlier this week with Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek.
"The premier's here. I emotion your bluish hat. It looks similar you've got a full collection," Carney said.
"I bash and I can't deterioration the aforesaid colour each the time," Smith said. "But I perceive you person a small enactment to bash connected your flipping skills."
"I do," Carney replied. "There's video evidence. I'm not going to contradict it."
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre was besides attending the breakfast, but waited successful his conveyance until Carney left.
Smith told Carney that she and Ontario Premier Doug Ford were going to motion a memorandum of knowing connected energy, priorities and trade.
"It would beryllium truthful large if we didn't person net-zero (carbon) rules," Smith said.
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Bill Graveland is simply a Calgary-based newsman for The Canadian Press.