Carney was supposed to be a heavy hitter, but Truduh is a sitting duck, I doubt anyone will come in.
LeBlanc says he’s been given assurances from Trudeau that he will remain the country’s finance minister. 'Carney is not an option. That discussion has concluded'
OTTAWA • Former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney isn’t joining the federal Liberals, says new Trudeau government Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc.
The New Brunswick MP and Trudeau confidant says he’s been given assurances from the prime minister that he will remain the country’s finance minister.
“Carney is not an option,” LeBlanc said in an interview with Brunswick News.
“That discussion has concluded.”
But there will be a cabinet shuffle sometime soon.
LeBlanc says the shuffle will see him keep the finance portfolio, but relinquish his role as public safety minister.
That said, he will remain the country’s lead on the Canada-U.S. border and focus heavily on talks with President-elect Donald Trump’s administration over the looming threat of punishing tariffs.
Meanwhile, LeBlanc says there’s no indication that Trudeau is about to resign, even in the aftermath of Chrystia Freeland’s abrupt resignation and subsequent backlash from the Liberal caucus.
“I talked to him a fair bit this week and he gave no indication that he was doing anything other than working on some of the things that he and I talked about Monday: The tariff issue, border security, the incoming American administration,” LeBlanc said.
“It’s no longer something that is real,” LeBlanc replied.
“In my conversation with the prime minister, I’m not going to be the public safety minister for the long term,” LeBlanc said. “I will keep Intergovernmental Affairs because of the work with the premiers on the Canada-U.S. tariff issue.
“But I will also remain responsible for the border plan and border security.
“I expect there will be a new minister of public safety when there is a cabinet shuffle, but the prime minister told me that he would like me to retain a lead role in the issues around border security, and of course I will chair the Canada-U.S. cabinet committee.”
The New Brunswick MP told reporters on Tuesday evening during a press conference that he and Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly had already had preliminary conversation with the incoming U.S. “border czar” Tom Homan on the border plan it was now detailing to reporters.
“It was, we think, encouraging,” he said.
LeBlanc said an in-person meeting between Homan and Trump’s nominee for commerce secretary, Wall Street executive Howard Lutnick, is already in the works to happen in the next couple of weeks.
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LeBlanc says he’s been given assurances from Trudeau that he will remain the country’s finance minister. 'Carney is not an option. That discussion has concluded'
OTTAWA • Former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney isn’t joining the federal Liberals, says new Trudeau government Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc.
The New Brunswick MP and Trudeau confidant says he’s been given assurances from the prime minister that he will remain the country’s finance minister.
“Carney is not an option,” LeBlanc said in an interview with Brunswick News.
“That discussion has concluded.”
But there will be a cabinet shuffle sometime soon.
LeBlanc says the shuffle will see him keep the finance portfolio, but relinquish his role as public safety minister.
That said, he will remain the country’s lead on the Canada-U.S. border and focus heavily on talks with President-elect Donald Trump’s administration over the looming threat of punishing tariffs.
Meanwhile, LeBlanc says there’s no indication that Trudeau is about to resign, even in the aftermath of Chrystia Freeland’s abrupt resignation and subsequent backlash from the Liberal caucus.
“I talked to him a fair bit this week and he gave no indication that he was doing anything other than working on some of the things that he and I talked about Monday: The tariff issue, border security, the incoming American administration,” LeBlanc said.
“It’s no longer something that is real,” LeBlanc replied.
“In my conversation with the prime minister, I’m not going to be the public safety minister for the long term,” LeBlanc said. “I will keep Intergovernmental Affairs because of the work with the premiers on the Canada-U.S. tariff issue.
“But I will also remain responsible for the border plan and border security.
“I expect there will be a new minister of public safety when there is a cabinet shuffle, but the prime minister told me that he would like me to retain a lead role in the issues around border security, and of course I will chair the Canada-U.S. cabinet committee.”
The New Brunswick MP told reporters on Tuesday evening during a press conference that he and Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly had already had preliminary conversation with the incoming U.S. “border czar” Tom Homan on the border plan it was now detailing to reporters.
“It was, we think, encouraging,” he said.
LeBlanc said an in-person meeting between Homan and Trump’s nominee for commerce secretary, Wall Street executive Howard Lutnick, is already in the works to happen in the next couple of weeks.
Mark Carney isn’t joining the federal Liberals, says Dominic LeBlanc
But there will be a cabinet shuffle sometime soon, LeBlanc says, that will see him keep the finance portfolio, but relinquish public safety
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