Prime Minister Mark Carney is meeting with leaders of opposition parties ahead of a budget speech Wednesday as his government prepares to table its first spending plan early next month.

Carney has already met with leaders of the NDP, Bloc Québécois and the Green party, according to the Prime Minister's Office, and the prime minister will also meet privately with Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre this afternoon.

The meetings come ahead of Carney’s overseas trip to attend two multinational summits in Southeast Asia that will last from this Friday until shortly before the government tables the budget on Nov. 4.

But before he leaves, Carney is expected to address a group of Canadian university students Wednesday night and discuss his government's approach to the upcoming budget.

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