Project 2025 architect backs out of speaking to Carney cabinet
Kevin Roberts, president of the conservative U.S.-based Heritage Foundation and chief architect of Project 2025, has abruptly cancelled his invitation from Prime Minister Mark Carney to speak.
Kevin Roberts, president of the conservative U.S.-based Heritage Foundation and chief architect of Project 2025, has abruptly cancelled his invitation from Prime Minister Mark Carney to speak at a cabinet meeting in Toronto.
The Prime Minister’s Office told CBC that Roberts’ office told Carney he would not be attending.
The PMO further stated that they would continue to engage with Roberts going forward, along with other influential U.S. policy figures.
Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne further defended the invite, saying Roberts’ cancellation came down to scheduling issues.
The Heritage Foundation issued a statement on Roberts’ absence.
“Dr. Roberts appreciated the invitation from Prime Minister Carney but is unable to attend the Cabinet meeting and will be working in Washington today,” it said.
Roberts has been a leading figure behind Project 2025, a 900-page policy blueprint that calls for a sweeping overhaul of the U.S. government.
Among its proposals are replacing thousands of civil servants with political loyalists, abolishing the Department of Education, restricting access to the abortion pill mifepristone, and declaring that “married men and women are the ideal, natural family structure because all children have a right to be raised by the men and women who conceived them.”
The Heritage Foundation listed nine key policy priorities for 2025-26. Among them are ending the border and immigration chaos, rooting out the deep state, and unleashing American energy.
Carney and his ministers are gathering in the Greater Toronto Area this week for cabinet planning sessions ahead of Parliament’s fall sitting. The list of scheduled guest speakers also includes former Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd, Scotiabank chief economist Jean-François Perrault, and pollster Jean-Marc Léger.
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