Exclusif : Mark Carney évoque le référendum albertain sur Global News Morning

Le premier ministre Mark Carney s'est entretenu avec l'animateur Blake Lough de Global News Morning au sujet du prochain référendum en Alberta et de son appel à l'unité nationale avant le vote du 19 octobre. Il a cité des annonces fédérales concernant la province, dont le pipeline Pacific link, des accords de défense à Calgary et des logements abordables à Red Deer. Il a aussi comparé le scrutin au référendum sur le Brexit de 2016 et réagi aux propos de l'ambassadeur américain Pete Hoekstra sur les élections de mi-mandat.

• Carney met en avant des annonces fédérales liées à l'Alberta au cours de la dernière année.
• Il compare le référendum albertain au Brexit de 2016 et met en garde contre l'incertitude économique.
• Il répond aux remarques de Pete Hoekstra sur les élections de mi-mandat américaines.

Prime Minister Mark Carney joined Blake Lough on Global News Morning Thursday to discuss his views on the Alberta Referendum, and why he’s calling for national unity at rallies in the lead-up to Oct. 19. The prime minister laid out a series of announcements made over the course of the past year that directly involve Alberta, including the Pacific link oil pipeline, defence agreements in Calgary and affordable housing in Red Deer. “Alberta at the heart of Canada is stronger. Canada is stronger because of Alberta,” Carney said, “it has a bigger impact because Alberta's part of Canada and I'm just excited about the opportunities for this province and for this country.” Carney drew parallels between Alberta’s upcoming referendum and the Brexit referendum in 2016. “It wasn't clear what "Brexit" meant at the time people made that vote. And for the next few years, well that was being determined. There was huge uncertainty, investments stopped, the economy started to underperform. Now, the economy is at least 10 per cent lower than it would otherwise be.” When asked about recent comments from U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra, suggesting Canada is interfering with the U.S. midterm elections, Carney said “he's wrong, number one. And if interference in the US midterms is standing up for Canada and not accepting a deal that wasn't in the interest of Canada, wasn't in the interest of Alberta, that's an odd way to spin that. For more info, please go to https://globalnews.ca/news/12102619/albertas-referendum-draws-174k-ballots-advance-polls/ Subscribe to Global News Channel HERE: http://bit.ly/20fcXDc Follow Global News on X HERE: http://bit.ly/1Toz8mt Follow Global News on TikTok HERE: https://www.tiktok.com/@globalnews.ca?lang=en #GlobalNews