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Implementing your agenda

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Mandate 2025

Purpose

  • Discuss the approach to implementing your agenda while managing other government business
  • Understand how PCO and the public service can best support you to deliver early results and set you up for success
  • Set the stage for briefings of public service advice to support the implementation of specific commitments

Building on your momentum

  • As Prime Minister, you have built a solid foundation to govern:
    • You established an action-oriented Cabinet and a Canada-U.S. Relations and National Security committee, using the latter to catalyze a united, Canadian interest-based approach to respond to unpredictable U.S. action
  • You have advanced partnerships to fight for Canada:
    • Through your leadership, First Ministers agreed to strengthen Canada’s economy by reducing barriers to internal trade and labour mobility, and to work together to accelerate major projects of national interest and develop a national trade and economic corridor
    • This has been complemented with engagement with key international partners to build the foundations for advancing your priorities in the areas of national security, foreign policy, defence policy, and trade diversification
    • You also took concrete early action on issues that matter to Canadians, including eliminating the consumer fuel charge, finalizing agreements for early learning and childcare, and protecting Canadians through investments in national defence

Planning context to launch your mandate

  • Your agenda in the two months between now and Canada Day is very full, and will involve:
    1. Setting Up Your Governance
      • Form your Cabinet and prepare for Swearing In (approx. two weeks)
      • Cabinet meeting(s) to prepare for launch of your agenda
      • Open Parliament (May 26) – Speech from the Throne, supply, legislative agenda, economic/fiscal update or Budget
    2. Managing Priority International Engagements
      • Engage President Trump to set terms of our economic and security partnership, manage tariffs and their impacts, and set foundations for near term meetings (ongoing)
      • Host world leaders at the G7 Leaders Summit in Kananaskis, Alberta (June 15-17)
      • Attend NATO Summit in The Hague, Netherlands (June 24-26) to confirm Canada’s role as a reliable contributor to the Alliance, partner to Europe, and sovereign Arctic nation
    3. Unifying the Federation and Indigenous leadership behind a Strong Canada agenda
      • Convene First Ministers to refine go-forward strategy vis-à-vis U.S. engagement and shared outcomes at the Leaders table, including internal trade, projects of national interest and trade corridors; identify opportunities to address regional concerns and interests (e.g., oil and gas cap, major projects)
      • Convene Indigenous leaders, in the appropriate context (e.g., Council on Canada-U.S. Relations), to assess their interests and opportunities to contribute to the pursuit of a Strong Canada

Personal and team

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Personal and team

Setting up your governance

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Cabinet formation and machinery

Opening Parliament

Speech from the Throne

Appointments

Launching your new mandate

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Planning your early agenda

  May 2025 : Set up governance and prepare for strong Parliamentary session June 2025 : Deliver and manage Cabinet business for a strong fall session
Early May Mid-May End of May Early June Mid-June End of June
Timeline  
  • Swearing in - Mid-May
  • Return of Parliament (May 26)
    
  • Summer Recess - End of June
  • Canada Day - July 1st
International Engagement (incl. Can-US)
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  • Call with President Trump
  • Calls with allies and other partners
  • Papal inauguration (TBC)
  • Further engagement with allies and partners to advance key issues (e.g., U.S., G7, NATO)
  • Host G7 Leaders Summit in Kananaskis (June 15-17)
  • NATO Summit in the Hague (June 24-26)
    
Domestic Engagement
  • Transition calls with partners
  • Bilateral meetings (e.g., Chair of the Council of Federation)
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Governance / Cabinet / Parliament
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  • Set up your governance
  • Manage appointments
  • Urgent decisions
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  • Strategic briefings
  • Cabinet sworn in
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  • Set up your priorities through Speech from the Throne (SFT), mandate / mission letters, policy speeches
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  • Appoint parliamentary secretaries
  • Set agenda through SFT (May 27) and key policy speeches
  • Demonstrate early action on priorities, incl. announcements
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  • Develop workplan for summer recess
  • Launch and delivery of  spring agenda – agenda for both parliamentary and executive actions [ * ]
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  • Approve workplan for summer recess
  • Introduce other priority legislative measures [ * ]
  • Parliament rises for summer recess
  • Implement other early priority actions prior to Canada Day [ * ]

Getting ready to engage with the U.S. Administration

  • April 28 - Election Day
  • Mid-May - Swearing in
  • May 26 - Parliament Resumes
  • May 27 - Speech from the Throne
  • June 15-17 - Host G7 Summit
  • June 24-26 - Attend NATO Summit
  • At your March 28 call with President Trump, you agreed to discuss a comprehensive economic and security partnership after the election
    • The public service is ready with early advice to support your path forward in engaging President Trump
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International engagement: G7 Leaders Summit and NATO Summit

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Domestic engagement: Build Momentum for a Strong Canada

Advancing your ambitious vision for Canada

Near-term decisions

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Urgent decisions on files in progress

Options for early action

Check-in on next steps

Next steps

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Recommended priority briefings

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Annex

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Priorities for action: [ * ]

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2025-10-15