He has passed another long week in Canadian politics and looks like he will end with the invitation of the choice.
Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to call the election on Sunday, and April 28 is the most likely date, our sources tell us.
I spent 48 hours traveling with Mr. Carney to Paris, London and Iqaluit, Sunday to Tuesday, as part of a small group of journalists who followed him on his first foreign trip as a prime minister (news organizations cover the cost of travel).
Today I will share some observations about how Mr. Carney’s approach to President Trump’s threats took a clearer form and is subtle, but recognizable, different from his predecessor. Dealing with Mr. Trump will be one of the most important questions – if not the most important – on the ballot, and the strategy in the emergence of Mr. Carney tells us a lot about what he would do if he was chosen.
Ian Austen will return next week with our letter in Canada, while we seriously dived to the election period.
[Read: ‘Most European Non-European Country’: Canada Turns to Allies as Trump Threatens]
RESPECT
Mr. Carney respects in his heart that he is talking about President Trump – suggesting that he will not hire if Mr Trump calls him by calling him a “governor” as he did with Justin Trudeau.
After accepting his party on March 9, Mr. Carney said he would not remove the Canadian retaliation of the tariff, unless the United States showed his country respect.
On his tour of Flash Europe this week, he bounced that message.
In London, at a press conference in the High Commission of Canada, he told us about the US leadership: “They are dishonest, they are not useful and need to stop them before – we will have to stop even before – we sit down and talk about our wider partnership.”
Take your time
It also seems that Mr. Carney is in no hurry with these conversations with Mr. Trump and believes that access to Canada should be slow, careful and measured, not rushing to pray to mitigate the tariffs or look for a business under duress.
That says that – at the time of this writing on Friday night – he has not yet been a call with Mr. Trump since he swore as a prime minister last week.
In our Iqaluit stop, I asked Mr. Carney if he was changing his strategy for Mr. Trump. Here’s what he said, “I’m less interested in responding to every initiative put on the table. We want to take that broader conversation. There will be no way overnight. There is no magic meeting that will unlock things.”
He added: “Great questions around the store will need all the comprehensive ones, and they, from a Canadian perspective, will take from the position of strength.”
Dollar for dollar
Mr. Carney also mentioned for the first time that the return approach to American tariffs was “there are limits”, indicating that, although he would hold the measures established by the measures brought by Mr. Trudeau, he might be less willing to escalate.
New friends
The tour of Mr. Carney was an effort to emphasize that he was comfortable on the global stage, and he was also known to be a pleasant side of the leader. But this week he also took steps suggesting that he united with forces that are not in the US at the center of his American politics.
The announcement, made in Iqaluit on Tuesday, arrived on Tuesday that he completed the selection of Australia as a partner to develop a radar over the Arctic surface. ABC, Australian National Emitter, reported That the United States also talked about a similar agreement with Canberra, but that they stopped under Mr. Trump, which allowed Mr. Carney to finish the Agreement on Canada first.
On Friday, we exclusively reported that Canada is a top non -European partner of the Union for a new military industrial initiative that is formed, the one that would allow Canada to receive a preferential approach to European defense contracts. The motive of this effort is the wish of the Allies to withdraw from our relying on US military equipment.
Mr. Carney spoke in detail with the President of the European Commission, Ursul von der Leyen, on Sunday on Sunday is President Emmanuel Macron from France on Monday.
[Read: Menaced by Trump, Canada Prepares to Join E.U. Military Industry Buildup]
[Read: Canada Bolsters Arctic Defenses as Trump Sets His Sights North]
Canada confident
Mr. Carney also stated that he wanted to stop talking about Mr. Trump’s threats “51 States”, although he takes them seriously. In London, he called the possibility of American annexation of Canada “unimaginable.”
Instead, he wants to take home the idea that he believes Canada should be sure of this moment, not looking for an external validation.
Some key quotes on this topic include:
“We don’t need another country that would confirm its sovereign sovereignty. We are sovereign. We do not need praise from another country. We are proud.” (London, March 17).
“We can be advocated for ourselves. Canada is strong.” (London, March 17).
“We can give ourselves more than anything that President Trump or any other trade partner can take away.” (Iqaluit, March 18).
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