Quebec Premier and PM Carney discuss U.S. trade, homelessness at first meeting in Cambodia

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St-Pierre Plamondon said the meeting ended with federal support for the province's fight against homelessness, and the exchange of personal phone numbers. The premier also thanked the Prime Minister for his support of an economic summit that will take place in Quebec in 2027.

Prime Minister Mark Carney and Quebec Premier Paul St-Pierre Plamondon met for the first time since the provincial election at the Francophonie Summit in Cambodia — a 30-minute meeting that St-Pierre Plamondon called "very agreeable, very funny."

"From a personal standpoint, I think it went well," said St-Pierre Plamondon in a news conference following the meeting. "We laughed on several occasions, we had fun."

The two men met at a hotel in Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia, during the summit of the international body of French-speaking states and governments.

Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks at a summit event in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press)

The premier said that the meeting yielded tangible results, including federal support for the province's plan to tackle the homelessness crisis and the exchange of personal phone numbers to keep open lines of communication between the two.

The premier also celebrated Carney for helping to cement Quebec's deal to host an international economic summit in Quebec in 2027 that would help to diversify the province's trade.

"What is evident for the two of us, I think, is that we share some of the same objectives," said Carney, emphasizing his desire to put an end to homelessness nationally and make life more affordable in all provinces.

St-Pierre Plamondon said that several issues were left outstanding that couldn't be tackled in their half hour meeting — namely: immigration, housing, the Alto high-speed rail project and a fulsome discussion on U.S. trade.

"We agreed that we needed to talk to each other on a regular basis," he said of how the province would collaborate with the federal government on U.S. relations.

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