The real Mark Carney is about to emerge

The new prime minister needs to come clean with the Canadian public. It is the existential threat of climate change, nuclear weapons, pandemics and forced migrations of peoples that also challenge Canada’s security. Carney must think beyond NATO to be a credible leader.

Prime Minister Mark Carney leaves the West Block on June 5, 2025. Carney has extricated himself from the clutches of the avaricious U.S. president, by promising to spend five per cent of Canada's GDP on defence, but he now faces the biggest test of his professional career: his credibility, writes Doug Roche. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY DOUGLAS ROCHE

June 30, 2025

EDMONTON—Through adroit sleight-of-hand in signing on to United States President Donald Trump’s outrageous demand that NATO states spend five per cent of their GDP on defence by 2035, Prime Minister Mark Carney has extricated himself from the clutches of the avaricious U...

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