Now is not the time for Zoom diplomacy

Face time is still important. If we’re all agreed that we have to move away from the U.S., then sometimes that will involve physically being away to forge those bonds.

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer, left, meets Prime Minister Mark Carney during the Global Progress Action Summit in London, U.K., on Sept. 26. No. 10 Downing Street photograph by Simon Dawson

Opinion

BY EDITORIAL

October 1, 2025

Prime Minister Mark Carney is back home this week after spending a couple of days in the United Kingdom where he met with a gaggle of world leaders in his ongoing quest to have Canada branch out from its overreliance on the United States.

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