Mark Carney attends Vancouver Pride parade after high-stakes trade talks
Mark Carney
started his Sunday(August 3) discussing trade tensions at the Vancouver port. But by afternoon, he was marching with thousands in the heart of the city's annual
Pride Parade
.
After a morning of high-stakes discussions, Carney surprised Vancouverites by joining the 2025 Pride Parade. His office did not announce the appearance in advance.
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He marched for about a kilometre, beginning outside BC Place Stadium, and was seen weaving through the crowd, shaking hands, greeting children, and even accepting a microphone from a drag performer. 'This parade represents the essence of Canada,' Carney declared. 'It's the best of Canada.'
The crowd erupted in cheers, many unaware the Prime Minister would show up.
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Just hours before, Carney was pacing a port facility with executives, navigating the economic fallout of US President
Donald Trump
's newly imposed tariffs on Canadian goods. Carney's schedule included a closed-door meeting with Eby to strategize responses to growing cross-border frictions.
Yet, it was the Pride Parade that dominated headlines.
The Chinese Rainbow Network (CRN), a Mandarin-speaking LGBTQ+ group, made a powerful cultural statement with a lion and dragon dance organized in collaboration with Richmond's Paragon Athletic.
Celebration under uncertainty
While Sunday's parade was full of color, music, and emotion, it was also clouded by financial uncertainty. Organizers have warned that Vancouver's Pride Parade could face cancellation in coming years without stable funding.
Carney's presence, while brief, provided a political exhale in a country balancing economic diplomacy with social solidarity. In his own words, the parade showed what makes Canada, Canada.
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