PSPP Has Not Said Whether or Not He Will Attend the Canada-European Union Summit
Carney offered Quebec’s premier only a welcoming role as the province says it needs a voice to defend its interests and trade position with the European Union.
- On Thursday, the 21st Canada-EU summit opens in Montreal amid a standoff between Prime Minister Mark Carney and Quebec Premier Paul St-Pierre Plamondon over Quebec's speaking role at the event.
- St-Pierre Plamondon rejected Carney's offer to sit at the head table, refusing to be reduced to a 'spectator' without rights to speak or negotiate on Quebec's behalf.
- Carney countered by saying the premier had chosen to leave an 'empty chair' "yet again," alluding to St-Pierre Plamondon's absence from Monday's meeting between Canada's premiers and Indigenous leaders.
- Industry Minister Mélanie Joly defended federal jurisdiction over geopolitics, while Quebec Conservative Leader Éric Duhaime urged the premier to attend despite criticizing the government's "dominant" and "toxic" federalism.
- Instead of attending, St-Pierre Plamondon will send Quebec's chief diplomat Pascal Paradis to open channels for future discussions with European Union representatives.
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Quebec premier officially withdraws from Canada-EU summit, will send chief diplomat
As the 21st Canada-EU summit is set to open Thursday in Montreal, the standoff between Prime Minister Mark Carney and Quebec Premier Paul St-Pierre Plamondon has culminated in the premier officially withdrawing his personal attendance.
The St-Pierre Plamondon government will finally send a representative to the Canada-EU summit: former MP Pascal Paradis, the new "Chief Diplomat of Quebec", will be delegated there, in the absence of the Prime Minister and the Minister of International Relations. However, Quebec's absence creates uncertainty about the future of the agreement to be negotiated there, Québec says.
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The Toronto Star
mtlblog.comUnclear whether Quebec premier will attend EU summit in Montreal
QUÉBEC - Quebec Premier Paul St-Pierre Plamondon has refused to confirm whether he will attend the Canada-European Union summit organized by the federal government after accusing Ottawa of muzzling him.
Paul St-Pierre Plamondon will not go to the Canada-EU Summit, but he sends his chief diplomat there.
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