
Carney to speak with media after cabinet gathers to plan for new Parliament
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to take questions from reporters on Parliament Hill this evening after holding a secretive, two-day retreat with his new cabinet in Gatineau, Que.
Carney will speak with journalists after emerging from what his office called a cabinet “planning forum” held at Meech Lake to prepare for the new sitting of Parliament that starts next week.
In a break from the tradition followed by Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government, media were not allowed on site at Meech Lake to ask ministers questions — placing the spotlight squarely on Carney this evening.
Today’s media event follows a week which saw several of Carney’s ministers take the new government off its tax-cutting message.