Politics Insider: PQ Leader cries foul about Carney’s involvement

Politics Insider: PQ Leader cries foul about Carney’s involvement IAN BAILEY OTTAWA PUBLISHED 4 HOURS AGO COMMENTS SHARE SAVE FOR LATER Listen to this article Learn more about audio Log in or create a free account to listen to this article. Hello, welcome to Politics Insider. Let’s look at what happened this week. Open this photo in gallery: Parti Québécois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon speaks to the media during a campaign stop in Saint-Jerome, Que., on Wednesday. CHRISTINNE MUSCHI/THE CANADIAN PRESS The leader of the Parti Québécois is accusing the federal government of interfering in the Quebec election campaign to benefit his main adversary. Paul St-Pierre Plamondon pointed today to a series of recent announcements made by Prime Minister Mark Carney alongside Quebec Premier Christine Fréchette. Maura Forrest and Eric Andrew-Gee report that Plamandon said the federal Liberals have ignored the requests of the Quebec government until the eve of the provincial election, which is scheduled for Oct. 5. “I think we should be concerned about the possibility that this could be the greatest federal interference in our affairs and our election since 1995,” he told reporters in response to questions at a press conference in Chibougamau in northern Quebec, referring to the province’s last independence referendum. The comments come as the governing Coalition Avenir Québec, led by Fréchette, has made an unlikely comeback amid the ongoing fallout from the trade war with the United States. Also, Tim Shufelt reports today that U.S. President Donald Trump’s push to isolate Canada has faltered. In fact, inbound investment is picking up. Foreign direct investment into Canada is on the upswing, for example, having outpaced outbound FDI in 2025 for the first time in 12 years. Prime Minister Mark Carney has been busily pitching Canada as a dependable partner as the U.S. proves itself, day by day, to be anything but. This is the daily Politics Insider newsletter, curated by Ian Bailey. It is available exclusively to our digital subscribers. You can sign up for more than 20 other newsletters on our signup page. What else is going on Ottawa issues comprehensive climate report that reflects country’s physical transformation: The report details how climate change is physically transforming the country and how those trends are likely to become more pronounced in the future. Canada’s employment loses 42,000 jobs in August: Statistics Canada also said today that…