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Security is a priority for this government... as is diversifying our trading and commercial relationships, of course, with both Europe and the United Kingdom."
In his first speech as prime minister, Carney said
What is clear is that our trade and our security relations are too reliant on the United States. We must diversify,
the former Bank of England governor saidThe leaders agreed that the UK-Canadian partnership is based on shared history and values, membership of the Commonwealth and a shared King and they both looked forward to strengthening ties,
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It is in this spirit that we will maintain our support for Ukraine and continue to demand clear commitments from Russia,
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Given that we’ve known each other for many years, I know that we are receiving a man who loves his country, who is committed to his country,
Mr. Macron said
Let me state the obvious, which is that both of us are members of NATO,
he addedWe do have, of course, a special relationship with our friends in the U.K.,
the vice president told Starmer
Canada is your best friend, best neighbor, and best ally.”
She reiterated her concerns to Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday, pleading for recognitionThose who buy Patriot should be offered the new-generation Franco-Italian SAMP/T,
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We’ve had free speech for a very, very long time in the United Kingdom. And it will last for a very, very long time.”
Starmer immediately rebuked the vice president, claimingDonald Trump, as we know, has put unjustified tariffs on what we build, on what we sell, on how we make a living,
Carney said earlier this month after winning the Liberal Party’s supportThe fact that Carney chose to come to France and the UK for his first overseas trip is highly symbolic. Normally, Canadian prime ministers would visit Washington first. The name Donald Trump was certainly not mentioned, but no doubt the US president was very much on the minds of these two leaders, a president who is waging a tariffs [war] on both Canada and France and upturning traditional alliances.”
Al Jazeera’s Natacha Butler, reporting from Paris, said
(It ... It) is more important than ever for Canada to strengthen its ties with reliable allies like France,
Carney said, ahead of a working lunch with Macron at the Elysee Palace, noting
I think we both believe that fair trade that respects international rules is good for everyone's prosperity, and is certainly more effective than tariffs,
Macron saidI want to ensure that France, and the whole of Europe, works enthusiastically with Canada, the most European of non-European countries, and at the same time resolutely North American, determined, like you, to maintain the most positive relations possible with the United States,
Carney said Monday
In the current international context, we want to be able to develop our most strategic projects with our closest, more loyal partners,
Macron said,The fact that Canada never broke away from the U.K. in a violent fashion is a key historical and institutional difference between the United States and Canada, a constitutional monarchy rather than a republic that has adopted and retained a U.K.-style parliamentary system,
Béland saidThis common commitment at the side of the Ukrainians has always aimed for a peace that is solid and lasting,
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Canada was built upon a union of peoples -- indigenous, French, and British,
Carney said, in a statement released before he set off from Ottawa on Sunday, two days after he was sworn in, replacing 10-year veteran prime minister Justin Trudeau as leader of the G7, NATO and Commonwealth power