Overview

• Prime Minister Mark Carney will visit Gorman Bros. Lumber in Kelowna on Tuesday to announce new measures designed to transform and innovate the forestry sector.
• On Sunday he surprised attendees at the Vancouver Pride Parade by marching about a kilometre and hugging a participant wearing a pink thong, a photo that went viral online.
• Earlier in his British Columbia tour Carney met with Premier David Eby and officials from the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority to discuss U.S. tariffs and renewed tensions in the softwood lumber dispute.
• On Monday he toured the Canadian Forces Maritime Experimental and Test Ranges near Nanoose Bay with Vice-Admiral Angus Topshee and Craig Piccolo to highlight planned investments in defence modernization.
• During his military facility visit Carney quipped “I see a ferry, not Chinese-made” while peering through binoculars at BC Ferries vessels, underscoring his emphasis on domestic manufacturing and sovereignty.