Newly minted prime minister will sit down with Macron and Starmer but has no immediate plans to meet with Donald TrumpMark Carney, the new Canadian prime minister, is headed to Paris and London seeking alliances as he deals 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: French, English and Indigenous. He said Canada was fundamentally different from the US and will “never, ever, in any way shape or form, be part of the United States”. Continue reading...
Canadian PM Mark Carney is visiting Paris and London to strengthen alliances with Canada's founding countries amid trade disputes and sovereignty concerns stemming from attacks by Donald Trump. Carney aims to diversify trade and coordinate responses to US tariffs, meeting with Macron, Starmer, and King Charles III. He emphasizes Canada's independence and has no immediate plans to meet with Trump, though he's open to it if Trump respects Canadian sovereignty. Carney will also reaffirm Canada's Arctic security before returning to call an election.
