New Brunswick Premier Urges Carney for Trade Alternatives
Thursday, May 1, 2025, 2:21 pm
New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt has formally reached out to Mark Carney, urging the creation of national trade corridors as an alternative to heavy U.S. reliance. Her emphatic letter, now echoed in duplicate reports, lays bare the urgency of reshaping trade in a time of geopolitical theatrics—and a touch of blunt candour.
Premier Holt is calling for urgent action to develop national trade and resource corridors to provide an alternative to trade with the United States.
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt has written to Prime Minister Mark Carney calling for urgent action to develop national trade and resource corridors to provide an alternative to trade with the United States.
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