OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney will not be giving a major speech on foreign policy to the United Nations General Assembly when he visits New York next week.

Instead, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand will address global leaders on the government's behalf from the green marble podium.

On July 11, the UN issued a provisional speakers list which had Carney slated to speak the morning of Sept. 27. An updated list issued Sept. 5 says Anand is Canada's delegate and will address the General Assembly on Sept. 29.

Senior government officials said Friday Carney was scheduled to be in New York in the early part of the week and the speaking slot he was given would have required him to leave and return to New York to deliver a speech.

That's in part because Carney is the head of Canada's go

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