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King Charles III opens the 45th Parliament

2025/5/28
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The Decibel

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On Tuesday, King Charles III opened the 45th Parliament by delivering Canada’s throne speech). The speech lays out the government’s priorities, and the King is only the second monarch to deliver it – his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, did so twice before.

The speech affirmed Canada’s sovereignty amid ongoing tensions with the U.S.), and touched on Liberal election promises, including a middle-class tax cut, an end to interprovincial trade barriers, and rapid approvals of major infrastructure projects.

Stephanie Levitz) is a senior reporter in The Globe and Mail’s Ottawa bureau. She joins to discuss the significance of the speech and what it signals, Carney’s first days in the House of Commons), and what’s new in parliament after nearly six months off.

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