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Prime Minister Mark Carney arrives at the West Block on Feb. 11, 2026. Right now Cuba is on the menu, and Canada, in its first real test after the Davos speech, has to decide whether it will stand by and watch the situation in Cuba worsen even more, writes Wojtek Gwiazda. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Ottawa-based diplomats have differing interpretations of what Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, spelled out as a new direction for Canada. Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand recently gathered the diplomatic corps to 'outline' Canada's foreign policy priorities. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Prime Minister Mark Carney's default position is that Canada won't conduct trade negotiations in public. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade