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.
‘Americans don’t know enough about Canada’: prominent Washington voice for Canada-U.S. relationship shutters
There are hopes of reconstituting the efforts of the Canada Institute in a new organization, but it won’t be attached to the Wilson Center.
And now comes the hard part: negotiating with Trump
Canadians can’t count on a flip-flop on tariffs since the U.S. president seems obsessed with undermining Canada in keeping with his persistent lusting after its territory.
Pragmatist Carney knows how to beat the bully Trump
Mark Carney’s moment in leading world affairs has come. As a pragmatist, he knows how to beat the bully Trump. In facing outward, the 24th and now 25th Canadian prime minister will hold Canada together as a sovereign nation.
Carney revives Liberal fortunes as party secures historic fourth consecutive election victory
Malek-Michel Jamali, one of Carney’s speechwriters, who was at the TD Place Monday night watching the night unfold, said Canadians are feeling ‘anxiety’ as a result of threats from the U.S., and that Carney’s message resonated with Canadians.
