US EditionCarney selects former UN ambassador Marc André Blanchard as chief of staff
- Prime Minister Mark Carney appointed former UN ambassador Marc André Blanchard as his chief of staff on June 1, 2025.
- The appointment follows a government push to reposition Canada by diversifying trade amid campaign tensions with the United States.
- Blanchard, a prominent Quebec lawyer with extensive U.S. Trade experience and service on Canada’s NAFTA Council from 2017 to 2020, replaces interim chief Marco Mendicino.
- Carney promises the largest Canadian economic transformation since WWII and will meet premiers to fast-track housing and nation-building projects.
- The new leadership team aims to provide stability, advance Carney’s agenda, and manage ongoing confidential negotiations to reduce U.S. Tariff impacts.
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Carney Names Former UN Ambassador Blanchard as Chief of Staff
Prime Minister Mark Carney announced his permanent chief of staff on Sunday, appointing Marc-André Blanchard, Canada’s former ambassador to the United Nations, to one of the most powerful posts in Canadian politics. Meanwhile, two sources not authorized to speak publicly about the appointments before they are formally announced say that former attorney general David Lametti has been hired as Carney’s principal secretary—the top political aide po…
Canada's prime minister, Mark Carney, is hiring an executive of one of Canada's top pension fund managers to be his chief of staff.The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec reported in a statement on Sunday that Marc-André Blanchard, executive vice president and director of CDPQ Global and global director of sustainability, would leave his post to become head of Carney's cabinet. "Responding to the call to serve my country is a decision I make …
TVA Nouvelles
Le Journal de QuebecPrime Minister Mark Carney confirmed on Sunday that Marc-André Blanchard will be his chief of staff as early as July.
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