‘These times are not like any other’: Carney’s Davos speech that ‘electrified the world’ draws bipartisan praise

In his address to world leaders on June 20, Prime Minister Mark Carney declared that 'the old world order is not coming back' and 'nostalgia is not a strategy.'

Prime Minister Mark Carney addresses the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 20. World Economic Forum photograph courtesy of Ciaran McCrickard

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BY RIDDHI KACHHELA

January 21, 2026

Prime Minister Mark Carney minced no words in laying out the reality of the new world order at the World Economic Forum on June 20.

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