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‘A global rupture’: Carney calls for Canada-EU unity before G7 summit | Politics News

‘A global rupture’: Carney calls for Canada-EU unity before G7 summit | Politics News

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On the eve of the upcoming week’s Group of Seven (G7) meeting, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has reiterated his vision of a shift away from a world order dominated by superpowers. Carney delivered his remarks on Saturday at the launch of the De Chastelain Public Lecture series at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland. Attendees included his Irish counterpart, Micheal Martin. Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list According to Carney, the world is at a critical juncture, and he appealed to leaders of what he called the “middle powers” to unite and find their collective strength. “Ireland and Canada are navigating a global rupture, not a quiet transition,” Carney said. “The post-Cold War world’s rules-based order is breaking down. Multilateral institutions have weakened. Economic integration, from which we have benefitted is being weaponised. The international trading system, which we’ve relied upon for decades, is under threat.” Carney kept his remarks general. He did not name any countries that were violating the “rules-based” global order, nor did he point a finger at any international …

Carney Says the New Canadian-Built Bridge Across Detroit River That Trump Threatened Will Open

Carney Says the New Canadian-Built Bridge Across Detroit River That Trump Threatened Will Open

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A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Gordie Howe International Bridge, jointly owned by Canada and the U.S. state of Michigan, is set to take place on Friday, while the bridge itself is expected to open to traffic later this month. Invitations for a Friday afternoon event to “mark the next step for the Gordie Howe International Bridge” have been sent, according to an invitation obtained by The Associated Press. The event follows a recent conversation between Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, according to a person familiar with the matter who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss private talks. In February, Trump demanded that Canada turn over at least half the ownership of the bridge to the U.S. federal government and agree to other unspecified demands in one of his many salvos over cross-border trade issues. The bridge, which would connect Windsor, Ontario, and Detroit and would be a vital economic artery between Canada and the United States, had been expected to open early this year, according to information …

Canada is failing the Jewish community and Jews are being targeted, Prime Minister Carney says

Canada is failing the Jewish community and Jews are being targeted, Prime Minister Carney says

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TORONTO (AP) — Canada is failing Jewish Canadians and the community is being brutally targeted by hate, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Monday. Carney said across Canada, antisemitism has surged to levels not seen in the post-World War II era. He noted that last year over two-thirds of all religion-motivated hate crimes were directed at Jewish Canadians. Jews make up only 1% of the population. “The horror and shame are global. Our actions must be local. They start with clearly admitting that Canada’s civic compact is failing Jewish Canadians,” Carney said at Holy Blossom Temple in Toronto. Carney said antisemites in Canada have fired bullets at Jewish schools and thrown firebombs at synagogues and attacked community centers. He said they have targeted Jewish-owned businesses and drove Jewish students from common spaces on university campuses. Carney said antisemitism plagues Europe, Australia and the United States. But he said the crisis of antisemitism in Canada is “specific, severe and demands a targeted response.” There has been a sharp rise in antisemitic incidents globally since the Israel-Hamas war …

How I Shop with Karen Carney: ‘Nine times out of 10 I’m wearing Reiss’ | Celebrity

How I Shop with Karen Carney: ‘Nine times out of 10 I’m wearing Reiss’ | Celebrity

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Karen Carney is England’s fourth most-capped football player, competing at four World Cups, four European Championships and the London Olympics before retiring in 2019. In 2022, she began leading a landmark government review into the Future of Women’s Football in the UK, the recommendations of which were successfully backed by the government in 2023. The Guardian’s journalism is independent. We will earn a commission if you buy something through an affiliate link. Learn more. She was part of the first all-female punditry team for ITV at the men’s World Cup 2022, led ITV’s coverage of the men’s Euros in 2024 and contributed analysis to the women’s Euros in 2025. She co-hosts the podcast Long Story Short with Jill Scott and also won 2025’s Strictly Come Dancing. Karen joins ITV’s punditry team for this summer’s Fifa men’s World Cup. What’s the last treat you bought for yourself? It was probably a black Burberry backpack from Bicester Village, and a really cool corduroy cap by Yves Saint Laurent from Rome airport: I’d just finished Strictly, so it was …

Carney Outlines Plan for New U.S.-Canada Relationship

Carney Outlines Plan for New U.S.-Canada Relationship

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new video loaded: Carney Outlines Plan for New U.S.-Canada Relationship transcript Back transcript Carney Outlines Plan for New U.S.-Canada Relationship Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada called for a new, more distant relationship with the United States on Thursday, but maintained that reducing his country’s diplomatic and economic dependency on the U.S. would benefit Americans. The world is undergoing a rupture. Led by the United States, technological change is accelerating at a pace we have not seen in our lifetime. The U.S. is transforming all of its commercial relationships, as is its right. The world is becoming more divided and dangerous. And our response reflects the core lesson that we’ve taken from these tectonic shifts, namely, that is that we have to take care of ourselves and we have to be true to ourselves. And that means weaving a dense web of international partnerships abroad that’s making us a much stronger, more resilient, more independent country. Canadian exports to the United States are the energy equivalent 10 Hoover Dams. With America’s growing energy needs because …

Carney Says Canada Will Buy European Surveillance Planes Over Two American Options

Carney Says Canada Will Buy European Surveillance Planes Over Two American Options

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TORONTO (AP) — Canada will buy early warning radar planes built by Sweden’s Saab and Canada’s Bombardier over two American options, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced Wednesday. Carney said his government has entered negotiations to procure Saab’s Airborne Early Warning & Control Aircraft, which is built on the Canadian-manufactured Bombardier Global 6500 aircraft and will support domestic production. Carney also noted it is made with 20% U.S. content. The federal government has previously said it’s in the market for six radar aircraft. Carney has made a point of diversifying its military spending away from the United States. Equipped with powerful radar, the Saab planes provide situational awareness about aircraft and missile movements for hundreds of miles (kilometers). They can detect hostile activity in the air or from ships are able to direct fighter jets to their targets. “Saab’s GlobalEye will be a key resource for the Canadian Armed Forces to detect and deter threats across the Arctic,” Carney said. The other options would have been to buy the E-7A Wedgetail surveillance planes built by U.S. …

Mark Carney warns of Brexit-like regret if Alberta leaves Canada

Mark Carney warns of Brexit-like regret if Alberta leaves Canada

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Mark Carney, Canada’s prime minister, during a news conference in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, on Thursday, May 14, 2026. David Kawai | Bloomberg | Getty Images Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has labeled oil-rich Alberta’s separatist movement a “dangerous bluff” that echoes the U.K.’s Brexit vote of 2016. Speaking to reporters in Ottawa on Monday, Carney shared “an observation from experience.” “In these separation issues, it is often advanced that, ‘vote for this and it’s a free option. Vote for this and we will strengthen our hand in future negotiations.’ That is a very dangerous bluff,” he said. “I saw first-hand what happened in the United Kingdom when the view was, ‘vote for this it’ll be soft and then we’ll negotiate.’ And they’re still, 10 years later, trying to undo what people didn’t think they were voting for but what they ended up having.” Last week, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announced plans for the province to hold a non-binding vote on whether to remain a part of Canada or move ahead with a second binding vote on …

Do U.S. Automakers Have a Future in Canada?

Do U.S. Automakers Have a Future in Canada?

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When General Motors of Canada underwent a model changeover in 1999 at its sprawling factory complex in Oshawa, Ontario, the last Chevrolet Lumina to come off the line went on a monthlong farewell tour. It was wheeled around the factory, and employees signed their names in permanent marker on its white paint. No one at the Canadian Automotive Museum in Oshawa, where the Lumina is now displayed, has counted the signatures. But in 1999, roughly 22,000 unionized G.M. employees could have taken a pen to the car. G.M.’s dominance of Oshawa, east of Toronto, for nearly a century was part of the giant footprint U.S. automakers long enjoyed in Canada — a presence that has gone into a steep, accelerating retreat as President Trump wages economic war against Canada. Across the river from Detroit, Chrysler, now part of Stellantis, once economically ruled the city of Windsor, Ontario, from its assembly plant. And Oakville, Ontario, part of the Toronto metro area, was practically a Ford company town, with two giant plants and corporate offices. At the …

Alarm bells for Trump as Mark Carney joins European summit

Alarm bells for Trump as Mark Carney joins European summit

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Officials in Brussels joke about Canada joining the EU. Even some European leaders, including Alexander Stubb, the Finnish president, have started to entertain the idea. It remains a pipe dream for now – but Mark Carney will at least play the part of a European leader in Yerevan, Armenia, on Monday. The Canadian prime minister will become the first leader of a non-European state to join a summit of the European Political Community. Mark Carney landed in Yerevan, Armenia, on Sunday and met Roberta Metsola, the president of the European Parliament – Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP The gathering of some 45 regional leaders was initially conceived by Emmanuel Macron as a response to Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. The French president believed such a summit, of which Monday’s will be the eighth, was also needed as a means for an independent Europe to project its power. This notion was mocked until Donald Trump re-entered the White House. In the last 15 months, the US president has imposed steep trade tariffs on European countries …

Carney Announces New Canada Trade Committee as Review of Trade Deal With US Nears

Carney Announces New Canada Trade Committee as Review of Trade Deal With US Nears

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OTTAWA, April 21 (Reuters) – Canada’s Prime Minister ⁠Mark ⁠Carney on Tuesday announced ⁠a new, expanded advisory committee on Canada-United States ​economic relations, retaining only four people from the previous council formed ‌under former Prime Minister Justin ‌Trudeau.  The 24-member advisory committee will be chaired by Canada’s ⁠minister ⁠responsible for trade with the U.S., Dominic LeBlanc. The committee ​will hold its first meeting on April 27, the prime minister’s office said.  Canada, the U.S. and Mexico are part of the USMCA free trade ​agreement, called CUSMA in Canada, which is up for a ⁠review ⁠by July 1.  The USMCA ⁠has ​been critical in shielding Canada, which ships almost 70% of all its ​exports to the ⁠U.S., from the impact of President Donald Trump’s tariffs. As much as 85% of goods flowing to the U.S. are exempt from tariffs, and economists have said the exemption has helped Canada ⁠stave off a recession.    Businesses and industry leaders are lobbying the government ⁠to get an extension of the USMCA as the uncertainty around the future of the deal has sapped investment and …