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<\/p>\nAt Issue | Can Carney deliver on his Davos speech?<\/p>\n
At Issue this week: Prime Minister Mark Carney outlines a new era of global politics in an address to the World Economic Forum, but can he deliver on his vision? And Ontario Premier Doug Ford fires back at the Canada-China EV deal. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Carney argued that uniting behind Canada’s values will be key to upholding its sovereignty. His comments come not just against the backdrop of a changed relationship with Trump, but potentially ahead of referendums on separatism in both Alberta and Quebec. <\/p>\n That theme will be continued as ministers meet again on Friday, where Canada’s sovereignty, trade and security are the agenda. <\/p>\n According to the Prime Minister’s Office, the cabinet will hear from:<\/p>\n The meetings follow Carney’s widely acclaimed <\/a>speech in Davos, Switzerland, on Tuesday in which he laid out a frank assessment of the world order, calling out powers who use “economic integration as weapons.”<\/a><\/p>\n Carney’s position drew reaction from both Trump and other senior U.S. officials.<\/p>\n Responding to Carney’s Davos speech, U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told Bloomberg on Thursday that Canada\u00a0has “the second-best deal in the world and all I got to do is listen to this guy whine and complain.”<\/p>\n In the interview, Lutnick suggested if Canada continues down a path toward closer economic ties with China, “then when [CUSMA] gets renegotiated this year, in the middle of summer, do you think the president of the United States is going to say, \u2018You should keep having the second-best deal in the world?'”<\/p>\n Later Thursday, Trump wrote on his Truth Social website that he is withdrawing an invitation for Carney to join his “Board of Peace” initiative<\/a> for Gaza.<\/p>\n Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said on Friday that the federal government will work to make sure humanitarian aid flows to the region “without question.”<\/p>\n “Listen, all through, our values have been clear. Hamas should have no role in the future governance of Palestine. Hamas must demilitarize and disarm. There must be a ceasefire and Israelis and Palestinians must be able to live in peace and security side by side,” she said before entering the cabinet meeting space.<\/p>\n “Those are Canadian values, those are our values and we will continue to pursue them, regardless.”<\/p>\n On Friday U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent weighed in on another domestic Canadian issue: the separatist movement in Alberta.<\/p>\n Appearing on the conservative outlet Real America’s Voice, the senior official claimed the government won’t let Alberta build a pipeline to the West Coast.<\/p>\n “I think we should let them come down into the U.S,” he said. <\/p>\n Organizers of the Alberta independence movement are collecting signatures in order to trigger a referendum in that province.<\/p>\n “There are cleavages that are going to be exacerbated,” said Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon, responding to Bessent’s comments. <\/p>\n “The job is to continue to invest in Canadians, to give them the opportunities.”<\/p>\n Kicking off the cabinet meeting, which is being held at the historic Citadelle in the Quebec capital, Carney called for Canada to be a “beacon” in the face of rising authoritarianism.<\/p>\n “There are billions of people who aspire to what we have built: a pluralistic society that works,” he said in a speech.<\/p>\n WATCH | Carney readying Canada for changes that ‘will test our solidarity as a people’:\u00a0Herle:<\/strong><\/em> Carney readying Canada for changes that ‘will test our solidarity as a people’: Herle<\/p>\n <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n “Canada cannot solve all the world’s problems, but we can show that another way is possible: that the arc of history isn’t destined to be warped towards authoritarianism and exclusion, it can still bend towards progress and justice.”<\/p>\n He also used his speech to offer his view of what makes Canada different from other countries, charting a course through history to when the British, French and First Nations battled on the nearby Plains of Abraham. <\/p>\n “Two-hundred and sixty-seven years ago, this ground was soaked with blood. Two empires had collided. One had prevailed. What would come next?\u201d Carney asked.<\/p>\n “The answer that emerged\u00a0\u2014 slowly, imperfectly, not without struggle, but unmistakably\u00a0\u2014 co-operation. Partnership. A shared future.”<\/p>\n\n
Trump withdraws invite to join ‘Board of Peace’<\/h2>\n
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‘Another way is possible’: Carney<\/h2>\n
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