Carney’s at the great intersection

No previous prime minister of Canada has ever demonstrated such outreach to so many nations amid a breakup in world order while at the same time defending the integrity of Canada’s sovereignty against a predatory and erratic American president. But Carney should also make time for Parliament.

In his first year in office, Prime Minister Mark Carney, pictured on Sept. 1, 2026, in Ottawa, conducted more than 80 bilateral meetings with foreign leaders, either by phone or in person, and signed 20 trade, investment, and security agreements valued at $85-billion. He’s aiming at securing $1-trillion in new investment in the next five years. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY DOUGLAS ROCHE

September 14, 2026

At 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 2, 2026, his 417th day in office, Prime Minister Mark Carney flew for 11 hours from Ottawa to Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, which sits in the South Caucasus at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, to attend the European Political C...

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