Prime Minister Mark Carney’s cabinet is set to meet for a second and final day of meetings in the Alberta Rocky Mountain resort town of Banff as ministers prepare for the fall sitting of Parliament.
The meetings are taking place as the province gets set to hold a referendum on leaving Canada in October.
Calgary Mayor Jeromy Farkas attended one of the private meetings and says Ottawa is taking a smart approach to the question by being consistently present in the province.
Farkas says separating would put Alberta on track to become the 51st state — and that an “overbearing” Washington would be more difficult to deal with than Ottawa.
The two-day retreat also comes as U.S. President Donald Trump ratchets up an ongoing trade war by moving to ban some Canadian imports, including alcohol and some dairy products.
Carney says that compared to other trade actions Washington has taken against Canada, Trump’s latest move is “relatively modest.”
It is recognized in the U.S.( by those who care ), and becoming more recognized in Canada that Carney is playing political games trying to garner votes, especially in Quebec or Alberta, instead of negotiating a settlement now. That’s a dangerous game. Trump could let him dangle for a long while once elections in Canada are over and Carney is desperate to settle. I really thought Canadians were smarter than to fall for Carney’s political tricks because it is the average Canadian paying the toll.
Sounds like a good old fashioned Liberal circlejerk. Elbows up, Knees Down, Mouth Open!
While our cost of surviving increases daily due to the Liberals incompetence these leaches go on a tax payers all expenses paid extravaganza in Banff the most exclusive resort in Canada this tells me where Carneys priorities are.
But hey let’s be good proud Canadians with true north spirit and don’t forget to keep your elbows up suckers.
If truth be known Carney and his cabinet are in panic mode. Canada cannot afford this tariff war with Trump. Our economy is in free fall our dollar is getting lower when is Carney and this Liberal government going to do something except tell people elbows up. Well elbows up won’t put food on the table or pay bills.
As a Canadian born and raised American resident, Canadians are showing me a side I didn’t know existed : garrulous and wrong headed. (1) you don’t pick a fight with a narcissist, you manage him. There are rules how to do that all over the internet. (2) you don’t pick a fight you can’t win. The enemy you have chosen has an economy 13 times larger than yours. (3) you don’t pick a fight with someone who has negotiated and won his whole life ( Read ” The Art of the Deal.”). This morning I read that Stellantis is closing it’s plant in Brampton. It’s started. You can’t even call on help from the UAW because you started your own union. When you have the lowest growth rate in the western world, and predictions are for more of the same, you vote for the party of fiscal responsibilty that is philosophically aligned with your new enemy. And then I read where the party that created your ten year slide continues to win bye-elections ! I really thought Canadian voters were smarter than this. Pass the popcorn. This will be interesting to watch.
Carney is hiding in Alberta because the Allison Inquiry is happening in Ottawa.
Alberta separation is a result of Liberal policies over time.
Suddenly, Alberta matters to the Liberals so they visit the province and go through motions of supporting a pipeline.
Alberta needs a new deal with rest of Canada or they should look at alternatives.
As a born and bred Canadian Patriot , I believe in the traditions and values that this Country was built on ,and if I have to join up with any American Units that cross the 49th to preserve those traditions and values, then so be it !!!
@D channon come on man the Liberals greatest achievement was to put tampon machines in mens bathrooms for us all to use !!!
Hiding in Banff. Really. What a bunch of cowards. F*CK THE LIBERALS!!
Please someone tell the Canadians peoplekind one positive thing the Liberals have done in the past 12 years. Could be that juice boxes and those paperbox thingys.
Fuddle duddle as was once said if people remember.
After being huddle together for two days I am almost positive that some great benefit paid by the taxpayers will come out of the closed door meetings!
Can’t wait to see what wonderful ideas they present in parliament and then blame everyone but themselves. The Liberals will probably bring up Harper as an excuse again like they did many times by the Prime Minister.
Cheers peoplekind! Just get out an enjoy your days and live life the best you can. Politics will never change until the people stand up and demand better by all parties and levels of government.
Hey Pat A: here’s my idea! Fire the jerk who said he would solve the problem as was clearly LYING. You can’t defend this loathsome PM as his own word damn him. Have a nice day
Farkas is proving he’s been remade with a jestors cap.
A country run by a banker will always be in debt.
Healthcare run by Big Pharma will never cure disease
A nation run by media will never know the truth
Canada under the Liberals in a nutshell
This is how clueless Carney really is. He claimed that the average Canadian family will spend $800 a month on groceries, that’s $10,000 a year. According to Canada’s Food Price Report 2026 a family of 4 will spend $1,464 per month on food, that’s $17,572 per year. An increase of $994.63 over last year, and ALMOST DOUBLE what Carney said. Is it any wonder we have the second most expensive food bill in the G7 with someone as clueless as Carney in charge.
As usual when things get tough or embarassing for the Liberals they run and hide, as shown by Trudeau and now Carney. Hiding away from parliament and questions from the opposition is all the Liberals have. Feasting at our expense while record numbers of Canadians are accessing food banks, inflation on basic food staples is increasing daily, and homelessness is getting out of control, and now bond rates for government borrowing have exploded which means the deficit spending on borrowed money just got a lot more expensive for Canada. Yet all we get from Carney is empty promises and rhetoric then he runs and hides.
The Pigs need brain food …
Tell them to get back to Ottawa and open parliament now! The audacity to go meet in beautiful Banff while Canadians suffer, disgusting! When will our cortuot media hold this government accountable?
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Absolutely zero confidence in this guy. We need real leadership like DJT.
Typical brain dead lib below, so dumb, funny and 😢
What rubbish you writers add to this ‘comment’ page! Some of the comments are stupid; “Carney is enjoying great food etc.” You have no idea what these ministers are discussing.
Like I have written many times, don’t criticize if you don’t have a better solution.
Be a Canadian not a complainer!
Cabinet huddles ??? is that the description of expensive food and expensive liquor liberal style, what a joke.
an “overbearing” Washington would be more difficult to deal with than Ottawa.
While I’d never support becoming a 51st state, at least they don’t have an equalization program and we’d keep our wealth here in Alberta. They believe every state should get by on their own merit.
Carney is a chronic liar, I no longer believe a word that comes out of his mouth
To be honest, Alberta as part of the USA would be a huge improvement than staying in Canada that is now the Titanic being navigated by Captain Elbows Up Clowney
Probably a hangover day?
@Ben
“Nothing says “I surrender” like sniping from the sidelines as Carney is calmly sailing through troubled waters. Putting party before country is contemptible.”
Nothing says “I’m a Liberal Shill on the Carney Showboat as it navigates through the troubled waters of a Canada that the LPC has neglected professionally in turn for progressive ideology and pipe dreams over the last decade .
“Majority of Canadians support Carney’s handling of trade war, polls show” wow we need to hold our elected officials to higher standards, because we shouldn’t applaud them when they don’t do their job. Anybody who is actually paying attention to this “trade war” and the issues causing it, would not be supporting Carney’s position. Educate yourselves, don’t just blindly trust everything the government tells you, because they will never admit to making a mistake, they will try to frame everything as a victory for them.
Love the liberal corruption ideology. Alberta independence would lead to 51st state. Stay in Canada under liberals communist regime will lead to poverty. Nope it already has
Headline Correction:
Carney’s cabinet lavishly partys for 2nd day in Banff as trade war intensifies.
Trump controlling Canada’s resources and have a say on who we trade with is a big Hell No! Keep fighting and elbow up. Only a MAGA traitor like PeePee and the party’s cult followers would sell out Canada. Kick these traitors out of Canada!
Carney enjoying the caviar and expensive wine and spirits.
If Carney had any class he would be going to the 9/11 memorial.
Nothing says “I surrender” like sniping from the sidelines as Carney is calmly sailing through troubled waters. Putting party before country is contemptible.
They party on the taxpayer dime while Canadians starve
Farkas obviously does not have a clue. Unlike Canada, the USA is not a monarchy…
Carney just ruined your Grandchildrens financial future yesterday by agreeing to hand over money for the next 100 years.
Moot point likely as Canada will likely not exist in 10 years.