{"id":771542,"date":"2026-06-30T17:59:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T17:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/771542\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T17:59:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T17:59:12","slug":"prime-minister-mark-carney-says-hell-be-in-alberta-for-canada-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/771542\/","title":{"rendered":"Prime Minister Mark Carney says he&#8217;ll be in Alberta for Canada Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KUUJJUAQ \u2014 Prime Minister Mark Carney says he will be in Alberta on Canada Day in the evening, just a day ahead of an expected announcement by the province related to its push for a new pipeline.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking with reporters in Kuujjuaq, Que., today, Carney says he has been in close contact with Premier Danielle Smith.<\/p>\n<p>The province has a July 1 deadline to make a proposal to the federal government\u2019s new major projects office to fast-track approval of a new pipeline project.<\/p>\n<p>Carney says it will still take months for the federal government to decide whether to send Alberta\u2019s submission to the new government office.<\/p>\n<p>The prime minister\u2019s Canada Day visit also comes as Albertans face a fall referendum on whether the province should hold a second vote on leaving the federation.<\/p>\n<p>Carney has called it a \u201creal referendum\u201d and compared it to Brexit in the U.K., adding that \u201cleave\u201d campaigns make unrealistic promises and refuse to acknowledge the pitfalls of separation.<\/p>\n<p>This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 30, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Canadian Press Staff, The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Halifax as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=halifax.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778170930_778_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"KUUJJUAQ \u2014 Prime Minister Mark Carney says he will be in Alberta on Canada Day in the evening,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":771543,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[49,48,44],"class_list":["post-771542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/771542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=771542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/771542\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/771543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=771542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=771542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=771542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}