Two Windsor-Essex MPs have been reacting to Mark Carney’s appointment to the role of Canada’s prime minister with a mixture of praise and calls to action.
Liberal Windsor-Tecumseh MP Irek Kusmierczyk expressed his confidence with Carney being in this new role, saying he understands the economy better than anyone.
“He’s somebody that has experience guiding countries and nations through crises. He did it with Canada, he did it with the U.K., he did it with Ireland,” Kusmierczyk said.
“So, I’m very confident that he knows, that he’s going to be able to get us through this crisis and navigate these choppy waters that we’re experiencing right now for sure.”
CBC News also reached out to Conservative MP Chris Lewis for comments but was told he’s not available due to previously scheduled engagements.
Lewis’s office shared comments made by Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre who congratulated Carney on becoming prime minister, while saying his term will be just like his predecessor, Justin Trudeau.
“Today, Liberals are trying to trick Canadians into electing them to a fourth term in power with a cabinet that is 87 per cent the same as Trudeau’s cabinet,” Poilievre’s remarks read.
Brian Masse on no labour minister role
Meanwhile, NDP Windsor West MP Brian Masse, while congratulating Carney and saying he’s happy that there’s someone in the role of prime minister, said he finds it “shocking” that there’s not a labour minister by name in Carney’s cabinet.
“That’s an important function right now when we face potential layoffs and downturns, and we’re going to have them regardless,” Masse told CBC Windsor.
“So, not to have a labour minister right now is totally unacceptable … especially at a time when all of our industries are under attack by the United States.”
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh also spoke to the issue Friday. While Steven MacKinnon is minister of jobs and families, his title does not include the word “labour.”
Asked whether Carney’s approach on tariffs should differ, Masse says he wants the government to be more “proactive,” saying he’d like EV credits and municipal, provincial and federal Canadian procurement policies for fleets as examples.
“Open Parliament up so we can keep pushing the automotive file and go on the offence,” he said.
Carney was sworn in as Canada’s 24th prime minister during a ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on Friday. Also sworn in was a new 24-member transition cabinet.
Speaking to reporters after the swearing-in ceremony, Carney said he’s assembled something of a wartime cabinet, with a smaller team of what he described as top-tier talent who can help “our nation in the midst of this crisis” as it stares down an annexationist U.S. president.
“Canada’s new government is focused on things that matter most to Canadians — more higher-paying jobs, improving affordability and making Canada more secure,” he said. “Canada will be action-oriented to meet the moment.”
Carney also called Trump’s 51st state taunts “crazy.”
“We will never, ever — in any way, shape or form — be part of the United States,” he said.
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