1 week ago Canada Trump tariff exemption ‘like dodging a bullet into the path of a tank’, says business leader

Automotive industry and prime minister Mark Carney note that 25% tariffs on Canadian steel, aluminum and automobiles will still come into effect within hoursCanada’s exemption from Donald Trump’s global tariffs was “like dodging a bullet into the path of a tank”, say business leaders as other levies are poised to hit key industries that drive the country’s economy.In a theatrical unveiling of tariffs on countries with “unfair” practices on Wednesday afternoon, Canada was noticeably absent, alongside trade ally Mexico. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Journalist Graydon Carter: ‘If there was another 9/11 this week, I don’t think the world would rush to support us’

The former Vanity Fair editor on how #MeToo changed Hollywood, what Christopher Hitchens would make of the US today, and the value of a handkerchiefGraydon Carter, 75, is a Canadian-born journalist. He co-created the satirical magazine Spy, edited the New York Observer, and from 1992 until 2017 was the editor of Vanity Fair. In 2019 he founded Air Mail, an online newsletter for “worldly cosmopolitans”. His memoir, When the Going Was Good: An Editor’s Adventures During the Last Golden Age of Magazines, has just been published. He lives in New York with his third wife, not far from the Waverly Inn, the restaurant he co-owns, and has five children. Donald Trump has called him a “dummy” and “a real loser” who has “no talent and looks like shit”.Before we talk magazines, as a Canadian-born non-fan of Trump, how’s the view over there?Well, I think very highly of Mark Carney [the new Canadian prime minister]. He’s not going to take any grief. But the sad thing is that in two months, Trump ...

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2 w. ago Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney accused of plagiarism in his Oxford thesis

The Liberal campaign ripped the accusation as an ‘irresponsible characterization’ of Carny’s doctoral thesis, The Dynamic Advantage of Competition

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3 w. ago Canada's leader laments lost friendship with US in town that sheltered stranded Americans after 9/11

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has lamented Canada’s lost friendship with the United States as he visited the town that sheltered thousands of stranded American airline passengers after the 9/11 attacks

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3 w. ago Canada's Prime Minister calls snap election as he blames Trump for 'crisis of our lifetimes'

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has called a snap election for April 28 - saying he needed a strong mandate to deal with the threat that Donald Trump 's tariffs pose to the economy.

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3 w. ago Mark Carney to announce Canadian election and will run in Ottawa’s Nepean riding

Recently installed prime minister expected to announce 28 April ballot as he seeks to keep Liberal party in government Mark Carney will run for election in the Ottawa riding of Nepean as the new Canadian prime minister seeks to join parliament for the first time, his Liberal party has announced.Carney on Sunday is predicted to trigger an early general election on 28 April. The Liberals said on Saturday that Carney would run to represent suburban Nepean, noting in a social media post that Ottawa is where he raised his family and devoted his career to public service. He previously served as the head of Canada’s central bank and before that as deputy. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Canada announces C$6bn deal with Australia to develop Arctic radar missile

Canadian prime minister Mark Carney says deal on ‘over the horizon’ radar is part of effort to assert Canada’s sovereignty over Arctic as US priorities shiftThe Canadian prime minister, Mark Carney, has announced a C$6bn deal (A$6.6bn) with Australia to develop an Arctic radar system, warning that Canada must take more responsibility for its defence as US priorities shift.Carney made the announcement on Tuesday in Iqaluit, capital of the Nunavut territory in the Canadian Arctic, on the final leg of his first official trip as prime minister since taking over from Justin Trudeau last week. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Canada's new prime minister visits country's Arctic region to assert sovereignty

New Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has arrived at the edge of the Arctic Circle in an effort to assert sovereignty over the increasingly contested region

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4 w. ago Canadian PM Mark Carney warns Trump ‘disrespectful’ 51st state threats ‘need to stop’

Canada’s new prime minister Mark Carney has warned Donald Trump the US president’s threats to annexe Canada as the 51st state must stop if the two countries are to broach trade talks.

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4 w. ago King Charles hosts new Canadian PM Mark Carney at Buckingham Palace amid Trump’s ‘51st state’ threats

Canada’s Mark Carney greeted warmly at both Buckingham Palace and Downing Street as part of first foreign visit of his new premiership

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4 w. ago Keir Starmer meets new Canadian prime minister Mark Carney at Downing Street

Sir Keir said it was ‘fantastic’ to have Mr Carney in the UK so early in his tenure.

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4 w. ago Canadian PM Mark Carney tells King they have ‘much to catch up on’

Charles welcomed the former governor of the Bank of England to the royal residence during his visit to London.

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4 w. ago Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to visit London, Paris in first international trip

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to visit London, Paris in first international trip  Yahoo News Canada

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4 w. ago Canadian PM Mark Carney to visit London, Paris in first international trip

Canadian PM Mark Carney to visit London, Paris in first international trip  UPI News

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4 w. ago Royal Family news LIVE: Kate Middleton makes emotional reunion in St Patrick's Day duty

MAILONLINE BLOG: Follow live updates from the Royal Family as Kate Middleton marks St Patrick's Day with a major solo event and King Charles meets Canadian PM Mark Carney.

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4 w. ago New Canadian leader Mark Carney expected to meet Sir Keir Starmer and King

The former Bank of England governor will arrive in the UK from Paris later on Monday.

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