(Ottawa) There will be a tête-à-tête with Donald Trump, the formation of a new cabinet, the reopening of the Parliament, and the whole will be crowned by a royal reading of the Throne Speech. Definitely, Mark Carney’s schedule promises to be busy for May, pending June and the Kananaskis G7 summit.
What to know
- Mark Carney’s first official visit since his electoral victory will be in Washington, where he will meet US President Donald Trump;
- For the first time since 1977, a monarch will read the discourse of the throne: the Prime Minister invited King Charles III to open the 45e Legislature of Parliament on May 27;
- The Prime Minister will unveil a joint council of ministers during the week of May 12;
- Mark Carney makes a cross on the idea of concluding a formal alliance with neo-democrats to govern in a minority situation.
The Prime Minister will not wait for the G7 leaders in Alberta in mid-June to meet the tenant of the White House. He will go to Washington next Tuesday, in what is to be a prelude to talks on a new economic and security pact between Canada and the United States.
During his first press conference since his electoral victory last Monday, Mark Carney has not dismissed that the abandonment of customs duties, including those in connection with fentanyl and security on the border, a condition for the official opening of negotiations.
Ensuring, sketching a smirk, that President Trump had not mentioned 51e State during their telephone discussion, earlier this week, the Prime Minister argued that it would be a “complex negotiation”.Read the article “Carney admits that Trump told him about annexing Canada”
And we should not expect to see white smoke escape from 1600, avenue Pennsylvania, at the end of the bilateral interview, warned Mark Carney on Friday. “It will be elsewhere in the world this month,” he joined, referring to the election of a new pope.
The Prime Minister also reported that he would reveal the composition of an “efficient and joint” cabinet during the week of May 12. He obviously did not want to open his game more, while speculation is already going well on the Ottawa hill.
King Charles III will pronounce the discourse of the throne
The other two dates to remember on the parliamentary calendar: May 26, for the reopening of a parliament closed since last December, and on May 27, for the reading of the Throne Speech. The task will not go to the Governor General of Canada, Mary Simon.
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The roi charles III
Rather, it will be entrusted to King Charles III.
The decision to ask the king to read the throne’s speech aims to establish Canadian sovereignty, argued Mark Carney. “This decision underlines the sovereignty of Canada. It is absolutely clear. It’s a very clear message [qui est envoyé] to other countries around the world. And it’s an honor, ”he said.
-The king’s silence about the annexationist remarks of Donald Trump had aroused criticism in English Canada in particular. It will be the first time that a British monarch will open a session of the parliament since 1977, while Queen Elisabeth II had delivered the Throne’s speech to the Senate of Canada.
“Strange”, we reacted to the Bloc Québécois, the day after a ballot where voters in Quebec rallied en masse behind the Liberal Party-threats to the Canadian sovereignty of Donald Trump are not unrelated to this migration.
“Inviting Charles III to open the new legislature is indicative of the irreconcilable liberal values with those of Quebecers who reject this institution and are attached to the values of democracy and modernity,” said training by press release on Friday.
The head of the Parti Québécois, Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, is on the same wavelength.
In a message published on network X, he reproached Mark Carney for referring “to a foreign sovereign, and to an institution clearly hostile to Quebecers, to defend a concept which was however refused and devalued by this same federal regime vis-à-vis Quebecers, that of sovereignty”.
Yes in Hairyvre, no at the NPD
It must be said that the support of Quebecers contributed to the victory of the troops of Mark Carney, who won 43 of the 78 seats in the province. At the country level, the harvest was 168 seats out of 343, with four seats of the threshold required to form a majority government and without incorrect bills.
Before journalists, the Prime Minister reiterated his intention to work in collaboration with all the other parties. He also undertook to trigger an additional election “as soon as possible” so that Pierre Hairy can return to his bench as a chief of the official opposition.
“No political games,” he said.
Shortly after Mark Carney’s press conference, the Conservative Party announced that MP Damien Kurek was bowing to allow Pierre Hairyvre, who was beaten in his district of Carleton, to present himself in the riding of Battle River – Crowfoot, a conservative fief in Alberta.
Prime Minister Carney has no desire to play in the same film as his predecessor in terms of a formal alliance with the new Democratic Party (NPD). “No,” he decided, without hesitation, when the question was asked.
Because Mark Carney believes that he had the robust mandate he asked throughout the campaign. And the minority he inherited does not decrease the report of the Canadian government in the face of the Trump administration, argued the principal.
“It is a strong mandate, and with regard to negotiations with the Americans, it is clear for Mr. Trump who is the Prime Minister of Canada,” he said.
