Prime Minister Mark Carney is confronting a political fight Canada's federal government has not had to wage in earnest for years: national unity. CBC analysis published Saturday traces how renewed separatist momentum in Alberta — including an October 19 referendum push — alongside restless politics in Quebec is forcing Ottawa back into unity-maintenance mode.
The piece examines how quickly the federation's fault lines have reactivated, and what tools Carney actually has to hold the country together heading into a fraught fall. From resource politics in the West to constitutional grievances in Quebec, the pressures are arriving from multiple directions at once, each testing a government still finding its footing.
For Carney, the challenge is as much about tone as policy: convincing regions that feel overlooked that the federation still works for them. How he navigates the next few weeks could define the first chapter of his premiership.
