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May 14 2025

The Roundup: Cabinet lessons. Cabinet reaction. Qatar heat.

WED MAY 14 2024
David Akin's Roundup
Cabinet lessons. Cabinet reaction. Qatar heat.
Canada
What we learned from Carney's cabinet selections
Prime Minister Mark Carney's new Liberal cabinet is a mix of fresh faces and familiar names. Mackenzie Gray looks at who's staying in their old job, what's changed, who was shuffled out, and the reaction. Meanwhile, Mercedes Stephenson explains why Carney is keeping several key cabinet members from former prime minister Justin Trudeau's inner circle and how managing ministers' varying personalities and levels of experience could be challenging. [Global National]

The new government will act to catalyze investment and build a new Canadian economy – one that creates higher-paying careers, raises incomes, and can withstand future shocks. [PMO]
In his first interview since being elected Prime Minister of Canada, Mark Carney speaks about what it will take to make Canada an energy superpower. [CTV]

Poilievre said that a decade of Liberal attacks on Alberta’s oil and gas sector have brought tensions to a boiling point, especially with Albertans still contributing disproportionately to federal programs like equalization. “I think the message to… the Liberal government is you can’t tell Alberta to just pay up and shut up.” [National Post]
Don Braid: Prime Minister Mark Carney chose to insult Calgary by passing up the city for cabinet, despite having a brilliant choice in Corey Hogan. [Calgary Herald]

“The fact that one of them was in the cabinet and then got dropped, I think, shows you that that selection was mostly about the election,” said Sam Routley, a PhD candidate in political science at Western University. “I think elevating her (Kayabaga) to the cabinet was a way to sort of elevate her profile, or elevate the party’s profile in this region, so that it could perform better. And I think the fact that she’s not returning to the cabinet is a demonstration of that.” [London Free Press]

The Prime Minister's Office said Carney will be in Rome from May 16 to 19, where he will meet with other global leaders to discuss 'deepening trade, commerce, and cultural ties.' [Global]
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The Provinces
Alberta's premier says new environment minister a 'step in the wrong direction'
Smith's chief of staff, Rob Anderson, echoed her comments, saying on social media that appointing Dabrusin was like saying, "fire...meet gas." The United Conservative Party premier has demanded changes on the environment file from Carney’s government, including unfettered pipeline access to Canada’s coasts. [CP]

Honda Canada is postponing a $15-billion electric vehicle investment project in Ontario, including a proposed EV battery plant and retooled vehicle assembly facility. [Global]
Steve Paikin: The Grits have a lot to learn from a strange year in Ontario politics. [TVO]
Aurora
Elsewhere
U.S. to cut tariffs on small packages from China to as low as 30%
The order lowering 'de minimis' levies offers some relief to big Chinese e-commerce players Shein and Temu and follows a weekend tariff deal between Beijing and Washington. [Global]

Laura Loomer, the hard-right activist and Trump ally, said, "Qatar is not our friend." [Politico]
David Plouffe says Biden ‘totally fucked us’ and calls Harris’s 107-day sprint against Trump a ‘nightmare’. [The Guardian]
The Calendar
  • 1000 ET - West Block: PM Carney meets with his cabinet.
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… in 1964: Sc 417 plate block. Floral Emblems and Coats of Arms of the Provinces and Territories: Maple Leaf Unity. Design: Harvey Thomas Prosser. 

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