As soon as the federal elections are over, political news in Ottawa is already starting again. Prime minister Mark Carney’s agenda promises to be charged by the summer holidays, both for his government and for other political parties. Here are the main dates to watch in the coming weeks.
May 5: an acting chief for the NPD
After a stinging defeat last week, the new Democratic Party (NPD) met on Monday evening and chose the British Columbia deputy Don Davies as an interim leader. After losing his own siege on election evening, the neodemocratic chief, Jagmeet Singh, announced that he would resign as soon as this choice is made. He was head of the training since 1is October 2017.
The NPD has experienced the worst performance in its history, having been reduced to only seven seats on the evening of the federal elections. The training no longer has the status of official party in the House of Commons.
May 6: a tête-à-tête with Donald Trump
It is Tuesday that the long-awaited tête-à-tête will take place between Mark Carney and the American president, Donald Trump. The Canadian Prime Minister and his team flew to Washington on Monday afternoon for the maintenance at the White House.
It will be the first meeting in person between the two leaders to initiate commercial negotiations, when the president’s pricing war continues to beat. The meeting looks just as tense diplomatically, President Trump having reiterated his intention to annex Canada as 51e American state no later than Sunday.
-Week of May 12: a new Council of Ministers
The Prime Minister must unveil his new Council of Ministers, which he has already said to be joint, next week. He has not yet given an index on the ministers who could keep their posts or newcomers who could enter his office.
Questioned by a journalist about the future of François-Philippe Champagne, his Minister of Finance, Mark Carney did not specify if he would keep his portfolio, after having asked the joke to the woman if it was the minister himself who wanted her to ask her.
May 26: Resumption of parliamentary work and royal visit
It is on Monday May 26 that parliamentary work will finally resume in Ottawa, where 112 new deputies will enter Parliament. Federal elected officials have not set foot in the building since mid-December due to parliamentary holidays and the extension of the session proclaimed by former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau when he announced his resignation.
For the occasion, King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla will make a two -day visit to the Federal capital. Their most recent royal tour in Canada dates from May 2022.
May 27: The Throne Speech
King Charles III will open the 45e Legislature of the Parliament with the reading of the discourse of the throne, a text which exposes the objectives of the new governments. Asked about the choice of the British monarch to deliver the speech, Prime Minister Carney explained that it was a symbol to “underline Canada’s sovereignty” in the tense geopolitical context with the United States. Queen Elisabeth II is the last monarch to have made the Throne’s speech in Canada in 1977.
From June 15 to June 17: a summit of the G7 under tension
The next G7 summit, which will take place in Kananaskis, Alberta, will bring together several leaders, such as the president of France, Emmanuel Macron, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Keir Starmer, and the president of Ukraine, Volodyr Zelensky. World leaders will have to look at many delicate files, in a context of economic and security upheavals related to the United States.
