PM Carney in Cambodia for Francophonie summit, will meet Quebec premier Plamondon
The 30-minute meeting follows weeks of friction over Quebec’s outreach to U.S. officials and a demand to meet in the provincial capital.
- Prime Minister Mark Carney and Quebec Premier Paul St-Pierre Plamondon meet in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on Sunday for a face-to-face encounter since the provincial election.
- Previous attempts to meet in Quebec City failed because schedules "didn't line up," following weeks of testy exchanges over St-Pierre Plamondon's direct outreach to 59 United States officials.
- St-Pierre Plamondon requested a "change of tone" after declining a Canada-European Union summit invitation, while Carney maintains his Liberals hold a significant mandate from last year.
- The leaders will meet for 30 minutes on the sidelines of the Sommet de la Francophonie, where Quebec Minister of International Relations Dieudonné Ella Oyono stated the delegation does not intend to focus on sovereignty.
- As Carney continues his summit trip concluding in China next week, the meeting underscores the challenge of managing federal-provincial relations with a Premier who campaigns on holding a Referendum.
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Quebec Premier and PM Carney discuss U.S. trade, homelessness at first meeting in Cambodia
St-Pierre Plamondon said the meeting ended with federal support for the province's fight against homelessness, and the exchange of personal phone numbers. The premier also thanked the Prime Minister for his support of an economic summit that will take place in Quebec in 2027.
The Premiers of Quebec and Canada met — finally — at a "constructive" meeting in Cambodia and already agreed on homelessness and addressed the Churchill Falls energy megaproject.
PHNOM PENH — The premiers of Canada and Quebec met on Sunday in Cambodia for their first head-to-head, on the margins of the Francophonie Summit. Mark Carney and Paul St-Pierre Plamondon entered a hall together, where flags from Canada and Quebec were prominent. [...]
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PM Carney in Cambodia for Francophonie summit, will meet Quebec premier Plamondon
Both leaders are in Phnom Penh to attend a summit of the Francophonie, an international body of mostly French-speaking states and governments.
The meeting between the two prime ministers on the margins of the Francophonie Summit is expected to last only about 30 minutes.
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