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Carney scheduled to visit B.C. Interior Tuesday

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 05 Aug, 2025 09:42 AM

Prime Minister Mark Carney is scheduled to be in Kelowna, B.C., for an announcement at a lumber facility on Tuesday after attending the Vancouver Pride parade on the weekend and touring a military facility on Vancouver Island on Monday.

Carney toured the Canadian Forces Maritime Experimental and Test Ranges facility near Nanoose Bay, outside Nanaimo, with officials from the Canadian Navy.

He toured the Royal Canadian Navy vessel Sikanni accompanied by Navy Commander Vice-Admiral Angus Topshee and Commanding Officer Craig Piccolo from the testing facility.

Carney on Sunday met with B.C. Premier David Eby and officials from the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority.

The prime minister's visit to the province comes amid renewed tensions in the softwood lumber dispute with the U.S., which has placed anti-dumping duties on softwood products that the B.C. Council of Forest Industries has condemned as "unjustified and punitive trade actions."

Picture Courtesy: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

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