Politics Insider: Carney promises sweeping new economic legislation

Politics Insider: Carney promises sweeping new economic legislation IAN BAILEY OTTAWA PUBLISHED 1 HOUR 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 today. Prime Minister Mark Carney promised sweeping new economic legislation and a punishing pace this fall as his caucus met in Ottawa today ahead of Parliament’s return on Monday. Stephanie Levitz reports that Carney said the economic bill is a follow-through on the momentum of the past seven days: a meeting with Ukraine’s President, a landmark investment summit and a whirlwind trip to Europe to forge a new relationship with that continent. “It’s a lot, but that was just the warm-up,” he told his MPs in a speech at the start of their caucus meeting today. His benches now have three new members after the Liberals won several by-elections in August. Carney said the legislation – which he called the Building Canada Strong Act – is the next phase of his government’s promise to speed up infrastructure and other projects. In other news today, Laura Stone reports that Ontario Premier Doug Ford took to the airwaves today to try to clarify that he definitely did not endorse Olivia Chow for Toronto mayor when he spoke publicly about supporting her earlier this week. In a friendly radio interview with former Toronto mayor John Tory on Newstalk 1010, Ford said he gets along well with Chow, but insisted he didn’t issue a full-throated endorsement of her candidacy when he praised her and told reporters to “read between the lines.” “Let’s be very, very clear. When I endorse someone, which I’m not, you come out and fully endorse them. You don’t say read between the lines,” Ford told Tory. The confusion started earlier this week when Ford, asked by a reporter whether he’s endorsing anyone for mayor, talked up his working relationship with Chow. The two were side-by-side, along with federal ministers, this week at the opening of a new biomanufacturing facility in Toronto. “I just want to say the Mayor and I have a phenomenal relationship. Phenomenal. And we’ve given the City of Toronto more money than they’ve ever seen in their lives, over $9-billion,” he said. “We’re going to continue supporting the Mayor. She’s doing an incredible job. So, read between the lines.” Ford said today that the “read between the lines” reference meant he’s going to continue…