King Charles will visit Ottawa to give May 27 throne speech, Carney says

By Canadian Press on May 2, 2025.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney says King Charles will visit Ottawa to deliver the speech from the throne in Parliament on May 27.

Carney says he will unveil his cabinet the week of May 12 and have Parliament recalled on May 26, with the King giving the speech the next day outlining the new government’s priorities.

The prime minister is holding a press conference this morning, four days after Canadians voted in the Liberals for a fourth mandate.

Carney says he wants to work constructively with other parties and is praising Canadians for sticking with the democratic process as democracies face strains elsewhere.

The prime minister says he will travel to Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, May 6, to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump for the first time since the April 28 election.

Carney has not spoken publicly since election night, when he gave a victory speech at an Ottawa hockey arena promising to chart a new course for Canada away from its heavy dependence on the United States.

Elections Canada now reports the Liberal party won 168 seats, down one from the total on Monday, after a validation process showed the winner in the Quebec riding of Terrebonne was the Bloc Québécois.

The Conservative party won 144 seats, while the Bloc Québécois holds 23, the NDP has seven and the Green Party has one.

In the days since the election, Carney has spoken to multiple international leaders, including King Charles, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, European Council President Antonio Costa and Secretary-General of the United Nations António Guterres.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 2, 2025.

Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press