Carney Urges New Institutions in Toronto Speech, Touts Housing and Energy Plans
Carney said progressives must answer anxiety with new coalitions and bold public projects, including a sovereign wealth fund and thousands of homes.
- On Saturday, Prime Minister Mark Carney closed the 2026 Global Progress Action Summit in Toronto, calling for Canada to build new institutions as an antidote to modern anxieties.
- Carney argued that public frustration over the affordability crisis, immigration, and artificial intelligence has fueled a "politics of grievance" dividing populations globally.
- Citing philosopher Marshall McLuhan, the Prime Minister attributed the "age of anxiety" to "trying to do today's job with yesterday's tools," rejecting nostalgia for old orders.
- The government is pursuing modern solutions including the Build Canada Homes agency and a sovereign wealth fund, with an energy strategy accepting all sources, "including some gas."
- Reflecting on themes from the World Economic Forum in Davos, Carney emphasized that new international coalitions must replace the outdated rules-based order, declaring "fortune favors the bold.
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Carney Tells Summit ‘New Progressive Politics’ Call for Building More to Face a ’More Dangerous World’
Speaking at the Global Progress Action Summit in Toronto, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canadians are facing a “more dangerous world,” and that his response is to prioritize “actual building.” Carney said that Canadians must “build anew” amid challenges to the international rules-based order, echoing his remarks at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, to a global audience followed by remarks to Canadians in Quebec City in January. “…
Prime Minister Mark Carney believes that Canada needs to create new institutions and rethink the old ones to address the concerns faced by citizens and governments in the modern era.
▷WATCH: Prime Minister Mark Carney touts Canadian values in speech at global progress summit
Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada needs to build new institutions and reimagine old ones as an antidote to the anxieties that people and governments are grappling with in the modern age. Video: Watch Mark Carney’s speech to the 2026 Global Progress Action Summit in Toronto Carney made the remarks in a speech that closed out the 2026 Global Progress Action Summit in Toronto, attended by ministers Anita Anand, Melanie Joly and François-Phili…
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