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Canada ‘will never be part of the US’, says new PM Mark Carney amid trade war

14 mars 2025 à 19:50

Former Bank of Canada and Bank of England governor sworn in and expected to call election soon

Mark Carney has said Canada will never be part of the US, after being sworn in as the country’s 24th prime minister in a sudden rise to power.

“We will never, in any shape or form, be part of the US,” the former governor of the Bank of Canada and the Bank of England told a crowd outside Rideau Hall in Ottawa, rejecting Donald Trump’s annexation threats. “We are very fundamentally a different country.”

US pauses water-sharing negotiations with Canada over Columbia River

The Guardian

Par :Leyland Cecco in Toronto

12 mars 2025 à 17:00

Break in talks comes as Trump escalates trade war with Canada and threatens its sovereignty

The United States has paused negotiations with Canada on a key water-sharing treaty as Donald Trump continues both his threats to annex his northern neighbour and to upend major agreements governing relations between the two counties.

British Columbia’s energy ministry said officials south of the border were “conducting a broad review” of the Columbia River Treaty, the 61-year-old pact that governs transnational flood control, power generation and water supply.