Carney’s promises, personal credibility will have to be matched, quickly, by tangible signs

It's possible that Mark Carney and Anita Anand's trips are intended to overcome, via personal presence, some of our deficits elsewhere. It could work. The problem is that time, once bought, must be used.

Prime Minister Mark Carney heads into Question Period on Sept. 24, 2025. It's worth remembering that Carney is a PM who is lopsidedly putting his chips down on his ties to and skill with foreign leaders, particularly Europeans. It's clearly something that he himself sees as one of his strong suits, writes Matt Gurney.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY MATT GURNEY

October 6, 2025

TORONTO—Prime Minister Mark Carney has taken some predictable fire from Conservatives for his frequent jaunts abroad. After hitting the United Nations in New York recently, Carney was off to London, U.K., for a conference and meetings with other Western leaders.

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