As Trump tries to destroy our economy, Carney should be selling Canada as a nation of leading tech and innovation to the world, not as an energy superpower

Canada lacks the capacity for transformative change. If the Nov. 4 budget fails to change that, our nation will be more of a bystander than a participant in the transforming world economy—and we'll be poorer as a result. We need a new economy.

Prime Minister Mark Carney, second right, pictured on Oct. 7, 2025, with U.S. President Donald Trump, right, and other top Canadian and American politicians and officials in the Oval Office in Washington, D.C.Photograph courtesy of the White House

Opinion

BY DAVID CRANE

November 3, 2025

TORONTO—In response to a hostile American intent on undermining our economy, Prime Minister Mark Carney is working hard to expand Canada’s economic options by developing deeper trade and investment ties with other parts of the world—most recently with Chinese Presiden...

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