Can Carney connect before goodwill, space, and grace run out?

The government needs to realize the armchair play-calling about its aptitude or lack thereof in dealing with the U.S. is going to kick up.

Prime Minister Mark Carney, right, may have had a good meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump last week, but there is a restiveness forming at home, writes Tim Powers. White House photograph by Daniel Torok

Opinion

BY TIM POWERS

October 15, 2025

OTTAWA—Prime Minister Mark Carney had a second in-person White House meeting with United States President Donald Trump last week. Invited by the Americans, there was some anticipation—fanned in part initially by the government—that perhaps the prime minister would retu...

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