N.B. premier to travel to Ontario next week to meet with PM, ministers

New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt is scheduled to meet Prime Minister Mark Carney next week.

New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt will travel to Ontario next week to meet with Prime Minister Mark Carney and federal ministers.

The meetings will take place in Ottawa and Toronto on Monday and Tuesday.

The province says Holt will advance New Brunswick’s role in “Canada’s economic growth, defence industrial strategy and major project development.”

She will also reportedly press for long-term, predictable health-care funding.

“New Brunswick has what the world needs, and we’re working with partners across the country to unlock that potential,” Holt said in a Friday news release.

“Our focus is on making sure New Brunswick is at the centre of the major projects and defence investments that will shape our country’s future.”

In addition to meeting with Carney, the premier will meet with several federal ministers, including:

• Dominic LeBlanc, minister of internal trade and minister responsible for Canada-U.S. trade, intergovernmental affairs and one Canadian economy
• Sean Fraser, minister of justice and attorney general and minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
• David McGuinty, minister of national defence
• Marjorie Michel, minister of health
• Stephen Fuhr, secretary of state for defence procurement
• Saint John-Kennebecasis MP Wayne Long, secretary of state for the Canada Revenue Agency and Financial Institutions

Holt will also join other premiers taking part in the Canadian Chamber of Commerce’s Future of Business Summit in Ottawa.

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