Mark Carney
Carney says he’ll work with oil and gas industry, says he opposes ‘preset caps’
Prime Minister Mark Carney was in Edmonton on Thursday. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press) Prime Minister Mark Carney has suggested he may be willing to move away from emissions caps for the oil and gas industry in a shift from his predecessor, Justin Trudeau, whose government had begun the process to regulate greenhouse gas. Speaking to reporters in Edmonton after meeting with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith Thursday, Carney was asked how he planned to counter the harmful effects of U.S. tariffs on the oil and gas industry, while also supporting an emissions cap.Read more
Freeland to be transport minister, Guilbeault Quebec lieutenant in Carney cabinet: sources
As Liberal Leader Mark Carney prepares to be sworn in as prime minister on Friday, the makeup of his cabinet is becoming clearer. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press) Public Services and Procurement Minister Jean-Yves Duclos and former Liberal leadership candidate Karina Gould will not be in Mark Carney’s cabinet, sources tell CBC News. But sources with knowledge of the decision told CBC News that Carney has invited another former leadership rival, Chrystia Freeland, to become transport minister. Staunch carbon tax defender and Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault is also being shuffled into a newRead more