FORT SMITH - Prime Minister Mark Carney visited the town where he was born Wednesday, as he travels across the Northwest Territories.

Carney spent his early childhood in Fort Smith, south of Yellowknife along the Alberta boundary, before he moved with his family to Edmonton.

On Wednesday he visited the town's community centre, spoke with children attending a local summer camp and discussed affordability issues and employment with their parents.

In the lobby, a woman held a sign expressing opposition to Bill C-5, the government's major projects legislation.

He also spoke with passersby in the town and with locals gathered at the local Berro's Pizza restaurant, where a meat-topped pizza had been rebranded as the "Carneyvore."

Carney also met with Northwest Territories Premier R.J. Simps

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