US EditionMark Carney Delivered Hard Truths at Davos. Canadians Deserve to Hear the Same
Carney’s remarks at Davos challenged U.S. trade policies and sparked debate on Canadian sovereignty amid upcoming Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement review, Treasury Secretary warned of risks.
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In the midst of the threats of the President of the United States, Donald Trump, to advance an offensive to occupy Greenland, in the same month that American soldiers attacked Venezuela and captured the leader of the country, Nicolas Maduro, an unexpected voice called attention to the world. He was the prime minister of Canada, Mark Carney, at the Davos World Economic Forum. In a firm and contemporaneous speech, Carney said that the world did no…
ANALYSIS | Was Mark Carney's Davos speech a mistake if it upset Trump?
It's not unreasonable to think about how any action by a Canadian government might impact relations with Canada's largest trading partner. At the same time, allowing the American president's potential for anger to dictate the behaviour of Canadian leaders risks ceding a great amount of power.
In his speech in Davos, Mark Carney said what the whole world was thinking – but the secret of his success was the way he said it. For 15 minutes, the Canadian prize criticised the Bulling of the Trump Government and pointed to a world collapse, where “the strong do what they can, and the weak suffer what they need.” He was appalled by foot – something quite unusual in the Forum – and his government's approval went up to 60%. “Canada exists than…
By Antoine CANTIN-BRAULT. Historical speech delivered by Mark Carney to Davos on 20 January 2026. Historical, on the one hand, by his frankness, his haughty and also his determination to move forward realistically, a rare speech by a Canadian prime minister at international level. Historical, on the other hand, because he says out loud what many were saying already down: we are living a historical rupture. Geopolitical order changes and, presuma…
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