Grenada and Canada deepen geothermal partnership talks after Carney-Mitchell meeting

Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell met Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in Toronto on June 4, with the two leaders agreeing to deepen partnerships across sustainability, security, commerce, and energy — including geothermal — and to renew the Canada-CARICOM Strategic Partnership. The Grenadian diaspora across Canada was referenced explicitly in the readout as one of the strongest channels for the bilateral relationship.

On June 15, Mitchell signed a Memorandum of Understanding with University of the West Indies Vice Chancellor Sir Hillary Beckles on behalf of the Government Information Service and UWI TV, formalising collaboration in media and communication content and academic resource sharing. The agreement adds to the UWI’s existing global campus footprint in St. George’s.

For Grenadians abroad, the practical signal is that geothermal development — long an aspiration anchored on the country’s volcanic geology — has now been formally raised to bilateral working-group level with a G7 economy, and the UWI media partnership opens new channels for diaspora-content programming.

Source: Prime Minister of Canada June 4 readout; Associates Times Grenada-UWI MoU.