Canada will never be part of USA - Canada’s new PM Mark Carney knocks Trump
Mark Carney has been chosen as the new leader of Canada’s Liberal Party after a prolonged and high-stakes contest to succeed Justin Trudeau.
He is now expected to guide the party into the upcoming federal elections, which must take place before October, where he will likely face strong opposition from the Conservative Party, currently leading in the polls. While Carney will assume leadership of the Liberal Party immediately, Trudeau will continue serving as Canada’s prime minister for an unspecified transition period to allow his successor to settle into the role.
U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly accused Canada of contributing to illegal immigration into the United States, threatened to make it the 51st state, and imposed significant tariffs on Canadian imports. The White House claims these measures are necessary to curb the influx of fentanyl across the border.
In his first remarks following the result of the vote, Carney referenced the tensions with the US, saying his government would “create new trading relationships with reliable trading partners.”
He also vowed to keep retaliatory tariffs on the US “until the Americans show us respect.”
“New threats demand new ideas and a new plan,” he told the Liberal Party convention on Sunday.
“Canada will never be part of the US“
Slamming the Trump administration’s tariff plans, Carney said of the US president, “He’s attacking Canadian families, workers, and businesses and we cannot let him succeed and we won’t.”
“In trade as in hockey, Canada will win,” he added.
The ripple effects of the tense relations with the US have spread through Canadian society, with fans at NHL and NBA games in Canada even booing the US national anthem.
Carney will now go head-to-head with Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre, who has previously been likened to Trump but is now working to distance himself from the U.S. leader. During a press conference earlier this week, he emphasized that he is “not MAGA.”
Speaking at a rally on Sunday ahead of the Liberal leadership vote, Poilievre sharply criticized Carney, a former governor of both the Bank of England and the Bank of Canada, portraying him as unfit to handle challenges posed by Trump.
“Working for Trudeau, Carney made Canada weaker and poorer; working for himself Carney made the United States richer and stronger,” Poilievre said.
In his remarks following the results of the vote, Carney shot back at his conservative opponent.
“Donald Trump thinks he can weaken us with his plan to divide and conquer. Pierre Poilievre’s plan will leave us divided and ready to be conquered,” Carney said.
In some of his last remarks as Liberal Party leader, Trudeau warned Sunday that Canadians face an “existential challenge” from the US.
“This is a nation-defining moment,” he told the Liberal leadership convention in Ottawa, ahead of Carney being announced as his successor.
“And now, as Canadians face from our neighbor an existential challenge, an economic crisis, Canadians are showing exactly what we are made of,” Trudeau said.
