Return of P&P Cabinet Committee signals Carney’s ‘government by cabinet’ with an ‘inner circle,’ say strategists

Mark Carney’s Priorities, Planning, and Strategy Cabinet Committee—which seats 11 of the prime minister’s top ministers—suggests an ‘empowering’ approach to cabinet management, say politicos.

Prime Minister Mark Carney, top left, and cabinet ministers Steven MacKinnon, Dominic LeBlanc, Shafqat Ali, Mélanie Joly, François-Philippe Champagne, Tim Hodgson, bottom left, Anita Anand, David McGuinty, Sean Fraser, Steven Guilbeault, and Gregor Robertson make up Carney's 12-member Priorities, Planning and Strategy Cabinet Committee.The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

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BY ELEANOR WAND

June 6, 2025

Prime Minister Mark Carney's Priorities and Planning Cabinet Committee—what strategists are calling his “sounding board” and “inner circle”—is under pressure to produce results and successfully orient cabinet to deliver on the Liberal leader's ca...

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