Carney, Plamondon agree to Quebec summit and tackling homelessness

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Plamodon said he discussed the federal government's plan to end homelessness and said the prime minister agreed to Quebec choosing the projects involved.

Prime Minister Mark Carney and Quebec’s premier held their first meeting since the province’s general election, with homelessness among the issues discussed.

The meeting was weeks in the making, following a stand-off when Premier Paul St-Pierre Plamondon said he would only hold his first meeting with the prime minister in Quebec City. At the time, the prime minister countered with a meeting in Montreal or Gatineau, Que.

Instead, the two leaders met on the opposite side of the world in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

And now, six weeks later, Plamondon said the pair agreed on several issues.

“We just achieved a very good first meeting in which we agreed on homelessness and immediate intervention,” he told reporters after the meeting. “We agreed on an economic summit in Quebec in 2027.”

The premier elaborated on that meeting in remarks posted to X, saying the province on Saturday had invited the economic and foreign trade ministers, as well as businesses, of all Francophonie countries to a major gathering in Quebec City next year.

The Francophonie summit, where the pair met, brings together leaders from mostly French-speaking states and governments.

Quebec and New Brunswick are full members of the group, along with Canada. New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt was also in attendance. Carney plans to host the next summit in 2028 in the Ottawa region.

Plamondon’s comments on homelessness come slightly more than a week after the federal government unveiled its 2026 budget, which earmarked $11.2 billion to tackle homelessness over four years starting in 2027.

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