Premiers heap praise on meeting with Carney, but no specific projects identified

SASKATOON — Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Monday’s gathering of the country’s premiers to talk over nation-building projects with Prime Minister Mark Carney was the “best” they have had in the last decade.

The comments amount to a lightly veiled jab at former prime minister Justin Trudeau, who frequently had frosty relations with the group, especially prairie premiers looking to build out their energy sectors.

Ford said the premiers, and the whole country along with them, stand united as Canada comes under attack from U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs — even as some in the group scrapped over well-worn pipeline politics.

Provincial and territorial leaders sat down with Carney

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