Politics Insider: Carney promises sweeping new economic legislation - The Globe and Mail

Prime Minister Mark Carney pledged sweeping new economic legislation, dubbed the Building Canada Strong Act, aimed at speeding infrastructure and other projects, with a busy fall agenda after a string of high-profile international engagements. He conveyed that the fall push includes a rapid legislative pace, a refreshed Liberal caucus, and ongoing efforts from a recent trip to Europe and a meeting with Ukraine’s president, while Parliament returns next week.

# Politics Insider: Carney promises sweeping new economic legislation - The Globe and Mail Published: 2026-09-19T00:13:43.755000+00:00 Source: theglobeandmail.com (theglobeandmail.com) Language: en ## Story Politics Insider: Carney promises sweeping new economic legislation - The Globe and Mail # Politics Insider: Carney promises sweeping new economic legislation Ian Bailey Ottawa Published 45 minutes ago Hello, welcome to Politics Insider. Let’s look at what happened today. Prime Minister Mark Carney promised sweeping new economic legislation and a punishing pace this fall as his caucus met in Ottawa today ahead of Parliament’s return on Monday. Stephanie Levitz reports that Carney said the economic bill is a follow-through on the momentum of the past seven days: a meeting with Ukraine’s President, a landmark investment summit and a whirlwind trip to Europe to forge a new relationship with that continent. “It’s a lot, but that was just the warm-up,” he told his MPs in a speech at the start of their caucus meeting today. His benches now have three new members after the Liberals won several by-elections in August. Carney said the legislation – which he called the Building Canada Strong Act – is the next phase of his government’s promise to speed up infrastructure and other projects. In other news today, Laura Stone reports that Ontario Premier Doug Ford took to the airwaves today to try to clarify that he definitely did not endorse Olivia Chow for Toronto mayor when he spoke publicly about supporting her earlier this week. In a friendly radio interview with for…

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