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Carney suspends trip to Europe following B.C. school shooting
Prime Minister Mark Carney postponed his defence strategy announcement and sent other ministers abroad after a school shooting killed 10 and injured about 25 in B.C.
- On Tuesday, Prime Minister Mark Carney suspended and then called off his trip after a school shooting in British Columbia, remaining in the National Capital Region, the Prime Minister's Office said.
- On Tuesday, a school shooting in Tumbler Ridge, northeastern British Columbia, left 10 dead including the suspect, and RCMP said about 25 were hurt, two with life-threatening injuries.
- Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree will join B.C. Premier David Eby in Tumbler Ridge later Wednesday, with other ministers traveling to the Munich Security Conference, following Prime Minister Carney's trip cancellation.
- Carney's Halifax announcement has been postponed, delaying Canada's national defence industrial strategy and cancelling his Friday speech and meetings with leaders from Greenland, Denmark, Ukraine, Germany, Spain, Finland, Norway, the European Union, and a delegation of U.S. senators.
- The Munich Security Conference is taking place this year amid geopolitical uncertainty tied to U.S. President Donald Trump, and Carney had planned meetings to attract investment to Canada's critical minerals, energy and technology sectors.
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Particularly moved, Mark Carney spoke to the media on Wednesday morning about the shooting that killed 10 people in British Columbia.
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Mark Carney was to deliver the opening speech of the Munich Security Conference. In the face of the tragic incident in British Columbia, he is suspending his travel plans. He is deeply affected.
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