Carney aims to bolster European alliances in wake of US president’s attacks on Canada’s sovereigntyMark Carney, the new Canadian prime minister, has arrived in Paris on his first stop of a visit to France and the UK as he seeks to bolster European alliances to deal with Donald Trump’s attacks on Canada’s sovereignty and economy.Carney is deliberately making his first foreign trip to the capital cities of the two countries that shaped Canada’s early existence. At his swearing-in ceremony on Friday, Carney noted the country was built on the bedrock of three peoples: Indigenous, French and British. He said Canada was fundamentally different from the US and would “never, ever, in any way shape or form, be part of the United States”. Continue reading...
Canadian PM Mark Carney is visiting France and the UK to strengthen alliances amid a deepening trade war with the US and President Trump's remarks about Canada becoming the 51st state. The trip aims to diversify trade, potentially coordinate a response to Trump's tariffs, and reaffirm Canada's Arctic security. Carney has stated Canada will "never be part of the US" and is reviewing the purchase of US-made fighter jets.
