‘Trump isn’t interested in making a deal’: Carney’s fraught path towards U.S. trade talks
The future of Canada’s North American trade deal remains as open question leading up to the mandated 2026 review period.
Questions loom over funding and timeliness for Carney’s new foreign policy vision
Foreign policy observers say the prime minister’s plans for Canada’s place in the world will likely require new funds for the cash-strapped Global Affairs Canada.
Carney just signalled the end of market liberalism—and the start of sovereign reconstruction
We are now entering an era that breaks from decades of integration with American markets, and demands a new kind of economic independence.
Impunity in Gaza: Israel and the Great Eviction
Seventy per cent of Gaza is already effectively out of bounds for Palestinians, and barring some surprise about-turn, the Great Eviction is getting underway.
Low expectations, high stakes as Carney heads to White House for first meeting with Trump
The meeting between the two leaders should be about ‘getting a serious commitment to negotiate, not to berate or bludgeon us into an agreement, particularly on the part of Americans,’ says Fen Osler Hampson.
When Republican presidents used to love us
Former U.S. president Ronald Reagan warned in 1988 in one of his famous weekly radio addresses: ‘We should beware of the demagogs who are ready to declare a trade war against our friends—weakening our economy, our national security, and the entire free world—all while cynically waving the American flag.’
Carney steps into the fray
Liberals like their leaders coming out of caucus, not left field. Carney bucked that preference. He not only captured the top job, he raised the Liberals Lazarus-like from the dead. But he has made the task tougher because he has created such great expectations in Canadians. And there won’t be much time to prepare for the biggest item on his early agenda—negotiating a new trade and security deal with U.S. President Donald Trump.
May expects to ‘work very well’ with Carney, and offered him advice to deal with Trump: ‘Don’t let that deranged guy in the White House call you governor’
Elizabeth May’s says her support for the throne speech and budget will hinge on two issues: a push for proportional representation, and action on climate.
Mark Carney: a leader for turbulent times
The new Liberal government must now move swiftly and decisively
Carney facing calls for action, change as Liberals dive into rare fourth term
Prime Minister Mark Carney secured a rare fourth-straight mandate for the Liberals, but the tight results suggest challenges ahead as the new government stickhandles an uncertain relationship with the United States and some provincial partners.
