Pragmatist Carney knows how to beat the bully Trump

Mark Carney’s moment in leading world affairs has come. The pragmatist Carney knows how to beat the bully Trump. In facing outward, the 24th and now 25th Canadian prime minister will hold Canada together as a sovereign nation.

Prime Minister Mark Carney, right, takes to the stage after winning the federal election early in the morning on April 29, 2025.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY DOUGLAS ROCHE

April 29, 2025

EDMONTON—The fragile government of Prime Minister Mark Carney now has a mandate to fight the trade war launched by United States President Donald Trump, but that is not the only war Carney faces: there are the relentless wars in Ukraine and Gaza, the war against migrants, ...

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