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CP NewsAlert: Carney, premiers seeking plan for national energy, trade corridor

  • Catherine Morrison and Nick Murray

  • Canadian Press

  • March 21, 2025

Prime Minister Mark Carney meets with workers after announcing funding for houses during a visit to Edmonton on Thursday, March 20, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson

OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Mark Carney says he and the country's premiers agreed today to work on a plan to develop a national trade and energy corridor.

Carney and the premiers are meeting in Ottawa to deal with what the prime minister called a "crisis" caused by U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs.

More coming.