‘We set our own course. We make our own weather’: the transcript of Carney’s response to new U.S. tariffs

Prime Minister Mark Carney says his government has long understood that the U.S. would 'use economic integration as a weapon. We recognize that sometimes its signature was written in pencil.'

Prime Minister Mark Carney says he wasn't willing to 'compromise Canada’s sovereignty or undermine our key industries' with last-minute asks from the United States that prompted Canadian negotiators to walk away from the table.The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

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BY THE HILL TIMES STAFF

August 22, 2026

Less than 12 hours after pulling Canadian negotiators out of Washington, D.C., following the breakdown of talks with the United States, Prime Minister Mark Carney spoke to reporters in Ottawa about the new tariffs levied by the country's southern neighbour, and why things c...

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