{"id":781415,"date":"2026-07-05T08:16:53","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T08:16:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/781415\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T08:16:53","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T08:16:53","slug":"mark-carney-spotted-in-vancouver-snacking-on-jollibee-with-world-leader-daily-hive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/781415\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Carney spotted in Vancouver snacking on Jollibee with world leader | Daily Hive"},"content":{"rendered":"

Prime Minister Mark Carney has had a packed schedule during his recent visit to British Columbia, but he took a time out to meet with the president of the Philippines at one of Vancouver\u2019s most popular fast-food stops.<\/p>\n

Jollibee Canada shared photos of Carney along with Ferdinand Marcos Jr., president of the Republic of the Philippines, at the flagship Granville location on Thursday, July 2.<\/p>\n

Carney was also in town for some major announcements, including unveiling the Canada-British Columbia Cooperative Prosperity Agreement<\/a> alongside Premier David Eby.<\/p>\n

\u201cBig smiles at Jollibee Vancouver Granville today,\u201d said the restaurant chain on Instagram.<\/p>\n

\u201cHonored to welcome Philippine President Ferdinand \u2018Bongbong\u2019 Marcos Jr. and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney!\u201d<\/p>\n

Jollibee is the largest fast-food chain brand in\u00a0the Philippines, operating a network of more than 1,700 stores around the world.<\/p>\n

Jollibee\u2019s Granville location was its first in B.C., and opened in 2022 to a massive crowd of 5,000 diners waiting to try out the menu<\/a> of Jolly Crispy Chicken, mashed potatoes, gravy, and hot-dog-studded Jolly Spaghetti.<\/p>\n

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Jollibee Canada<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been a busy few days of federal government announcements that impact British Columbians.<\/p>\n

Embedded in a broad joint economic and infrastructure investment strategy<\/a> for British Columbia by the provincial and federal governments, it was announced that the Government of Canada will provide up to $3 billion in direct funding to build the new replacement George Massey Tunnel<\/a>\u00a0in Metro Vancouver.<\/p>\n

The Government of Canada also announced nearly $26 million in federal funding to replace most of the existing landmark White Rock Pier<\/a> with brand-new structural segments.<\/p>\n

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White Rock Pier. (Chris Allan\/Shutterstock)<\/p>\n

Canada\u2019s prime minister is often seen dining in local restaurants during his stops in Metro Vancouver.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, he dropped into a Burnaby White Spot to watch the Canadian women\u2019s hockey team<\/a> take on the United States in the gold medal game at the 2026 Winter Olympics.<\/p>\n

Carney also recently celebrated Lunar New Year<\/a> at a much-loved Richmond restaurant.<\/p>\n

\u201cStopped by the Continental Seafood Restaurant, a local staple here in Richmond, to celebrate Lunar New Year with the community,\u201d wrote Carney on Instagram with a video of him visiting the restaurant.<\/p>\n

In the video, Carney is seen handing out red envelopes to members of the community. He also remarked on how great the space looked and asked if customers had already eaten.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prime Minister Mark Carney has had a packed schedule during his recent visit to British Columbia, but he…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":781416,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194298],"tags":[49,48,55],"class_list":["post-781415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vancouver","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-vancouver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/781415","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=781415"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/781415\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/781416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=781415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=781415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=781415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}