Author Archives: Mark Carney

PM Carney launches Build Canada Homes to supercharge homebuilding across the country

September 14, 2025 Ottawa, Ontario Canadians are in a housing crisis. Despite recent improvements in several cities, far too many Canadians – particularly young Canadians – are struggling to find homes they can afford. Canada’s new government is stepping up with a bold new approach and unprecedented investments to increase the housing supply in Canada. Today, the Prime Minister, Mark Carney, launched Build ...

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Statement by PM Carney to mark 9/11 and the National Day of Service

September 11, 2025 Edmonton, Alberta “On this day 24 years ago, the world was forever changed after the deadliest-ever terrorist attack on American soil. Nearly 3,000 people lost their lives in this brutal attack, including 24 Canadians. In the days that followed, Canadians stood with our American neighbours – showing friendship to those who were in need, and solidarity in ...

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Déclaration du pm Carney pour marquer les événements du 11 septembre 2001 et la Journée nationale du service

Le 11 septembre 2025 Edmonton (Alberta) « Il y a 24 ans jour pour jour, le monde s’est transformé pour toujours après l’attentat terroriste le plus meurtrier jamais survenu en sol américain. Quelque 3 000 personnes avaient perdu la vie dans ce brutal attentat, dont 24 Canadiens et Canadiennes. Dans les jours qui ont suivi, la population canadienne a accompagné ...

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Carney announces Indigenous Advisory Council membership for the new Major Projects Office

September 10, 2025 Edmonton, Alberta In a rapidly shifting global landscape, we need to act decisively to build a stronger, more competitive, and prosperous economy. To those ends, the government tabled the Building Canada Act, which Parliament passed this June. This legislation enables the government to streamline federal approval processes to get major projects built faster. These projects will better connect our economy, diversify our ...

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Déclaration du pm Carney concernant le décès de l’honorable Ken Dryden

Le 6 septembre 2025 Ottawa (Ontario) « C’est avec une grande tristesse que j’ai appris le décès, hier soir, de l’honorable Ken Dryden, légende du hockey canadien, membre du Temple de la renommée, homme au service de l’État et source d’inspiration. Ken a remporté six fois la Coupe Stanley, cinq fois le Trophée Vézina, et a été un ministre du ...

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Statement by PM Carney on the passing of the Honourable Ken Dryden

September 6, 2025 Ottawa, Ontario “I was deeply saddened to learn of the passing of the Honourable Ken Dryden last night, a Canadian hockey legend and Hall of Famer, public servant, and inspiration. Ken was a six-time Stanley Cup champion, five-time Vezina Trophy winner, Minister of Social Development, and dedicated parliamentarian. He was the reason I became a goalie, although ...

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PM Carney launches new measures to protect, build, and transform Canadian strategic industries

September 5, 2025 Toronto, Ontario The global trade landscape is rapidly changing, as the United States fundamentally transforms all of its trading relationships. The effect is profound – displacing workers, disrupting supply chains, forcing companies to rethink where they source their materials and products, and causing uncertainty that is curbing investment. Canada has the best deal of any U.S. trading ...

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PM Carney concludes fall Cabinet Planning Forum focused on building Canada’s economic strength

September 4, 2025 Toronto, Ontario This week, the Prime Minister, Mark Carney, convened Canada’s Cabinet ministers and secretaries of State in Toronto for the fall Cabinet Planning Forum, where they focused on key missions and priorities for the next six months. The Forum took place at a critical moment, as the U.S. fundamentally transforms its trade relationships – displacing workers, disrupting ...

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PM Carney conclut le Forum de planification du Cabinet automnal axé sur le renforcement de la vigueur de l’économie canadienne

Le 4 septembre 2025 Toronto (Ontario) Cette semaine, le premier ministre Mark Carney a convoqué les membres du Conseil des ministres et les secrétaires d’État à Toronto pour la tenue du Forum de planification du Cabinet automnal, où ils se sont penchés sur les grandes missions et priorités des six prochains mois. Le Forum s’est tenu à un moment déterminant, au ...

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Statement by Prime Minister Carney on Labour Day

September 1, 2025 Ottawa, Ontario “On Labour Day, we honour the strength and resilience of Canadian workers, and we celebrate the women and men building Canada’s future. Canada’s unions have long stood on the principle that what we wish for ourselves, we wish for all, demanding fairness and dignity for workers. The foundations of shared prosperity and a fairer economy ...

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PM Prime Minister Carney meets with Ukraine Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko

August 24, 2025 Kyiv, Ukraine Today, the Prime Minister, Mark Carney, met with the Prime Minister of Ukraine, Yuliia Svyrydenko, for the first time. Prime Minister Carney congratulated Prime Minister Svyrydenko on her recent appointment and affirmed Canada’s steadfast support for Ukraine. The Prime Minister highlighted the $2 billion of military assistance announced at the G7 Leaders’ Summit in Kananaskis, ...

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PM Carney meets with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy

August 24, 2025 Kyiv, Ukraine Today, the Prime Minister, Mark Carney, met with the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in Kyiv, Ukraine. The Prime Minister thanked the President for his hospitality and his leadership at this hinge moment in history. Prime Minister Carney congratulated President Zelenskyy and the people of Ukraine on their Independence Day, acknowledging Ukrainians’ long and consequential ...

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Joint communiqué between Canada and Ukraine

August 24, 2025 Kyiv, Ukraine At the invitation of the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the Prime Minister of Canada, Mark Carney, paid an official visit to Ukraine on August 24, 2025. The visit reaffirmed the strong and enduring partnership between Canada and Ukraine, grounded in shared democratic values, respect for sovereignty and international law, and a mutual understanding that ...

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Canada reinforces its support for a just and lasting peace in Ukraine

August 24, 2025 Kyiv, Ukraine The international rules-based order, established after the Second World War, is under increasing pressure. At this hinge moment, Ukraine is, once again, at the frontline of the struggle between democracy and authoritarianism. That is why today, the Prime Minister, Mark Carney, visited Kyiv on the 34th anniversary of Ukraine’s independence. Canada was the first Western country ...

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Statement by the Prime Minister on CAN-U.S. trade

August 22, 2025 Ottawa, Ontario “Throughout our negotiations with the United States on a new trade and security relationship, the objectives of Canada’s new government have been constant: To protect Canadian workers and their families To reinforce the competitiveness of Canadian businesses To build the strongest economy in the G7. These negotiations have been taking place as the United States ...

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