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Canada should keep options open on nuclear weapons, former top soldier says

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Canada should keep options open on nuclear weapons, former top soldier says
Retired general Wayne Eyre says the question of whether to develop a nuclear deterrent is not an immediate concern
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February 2, 2026 at 9:19 PM
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Canada should keep options open on nuclear weapons, former top soldier says

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Canada should keep options open on nuclear weapons, former top soldier says
Retired general Wayne Eyre says the question of whether to develop a nuclear deterrent is not an immediate concern
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February 2, 2026 at 9:19 PM
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Departing envoy to U.S. says it’s unclear whether USMCA review will conclude in 2026

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Departing envoy to U.S. says it’s unclear whether USMCA review will conclude in 2026
Kirsten Hillman says it’s difficult to predict how the first review of the deal will go
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January 31, 2026 at 1:55 PM
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Carney won’t say whether Canada would align trade policy with U.S. as part of USMCA revision

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Carney won’t say whether Canada would align trade policy with U.S. as part of USMCA revision
U.S. and Mexico have already agreed to formally start discussions about possible changes to the pact
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January 30, 2026 at 3:41 AM
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Carney won’t say whether Canada would align trade policy with U.S. as part of USMCA revision

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Carney won’t say whether Canada would align trade policy with U.S. as part of USMCA revision
U.S. and Mexico have already agreed to formally start discussions about possible changes to the pact
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January 30, 2026 at 3:41 AM
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Ottawa, Seoul agree to work on bringing South Korean auto manufacturing to Canada

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Ottawa, Seoul agree to work on bringing South Korean auto manufacturing to Canada
Non-binding MOU stems from campaign to win submarine contract for Canada’s navy
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January 28, 2026 at 6:44 PM
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India no longer views Canada as ‘younger brother’ of U.S. under Carney, envoy says

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India no longer views Canada as ‘younger brother’ of U.S. under Carney, envoy says
Prime Minister making plans for March visit as Ottawa and New Delhi prepare to launch trade talks
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January 28, 2026 at 11:41 AM
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India no longer views Canada as ‘younger brother’ of U.S. under Carney, envoy says

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India no longer views Canada as ‘younger brother’ of U.S. under Carney, envoy says
Prime Minister making plans for March visit as Ottawa and New Delhi prepare to launch trade talks
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January 28, 2026 at 11:41 AM
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Mark Carney denies walking back Davos speech in phone call with Trump

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Carney denies walking back Davos speech in call with Trump
U.S. Treasury Secretary claims the Prime Minister ‘very aggressively’ retreated from pointed remarks made about the President
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January 27, 2026 at 3:17 PM
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Canada spoke with Trump official to reassure U.S. that free trade deal with Beijing not in the works

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Canada spoke with Trump official to reassure U.S. that free trade deal with Beijing not in the works
Prime Minister says he has no intention of negotiating a free-trade deal with China
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January 27, 2026 at 11:24 AM
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Trump threatens 100% tariff on Canada if it makes trade deal with China

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Trump threatens 100% tariff on Canada if it makes deal with China
Minister responsible for Canada-U.S. trade says Ottawa is not working on a free-trade deal with China
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January 24, 2026 at 6:46 PM
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Prime Minister Mark Carney says middle powers must stop pretending the rules-based international order is still functioning, and instead build coalitions to survive in a new era where great powers prey on smaller countries to take what they want.
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Carney stands behind Greenland, criticizes Trump without naming him in blunt Davos speech
Middle powers must band together and stop pretending rules-based international order is still functioning, PM says
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January 20, 2026 at 6:36 PM
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Mark Carney says middle powers must stop pretending the rules-based international order is still functioning and instead build coalitions to survive.
He urged nations to condemn economic coercion, even when practiced by an ally - a clear reference to the U.S.
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Carney stands behind Greenland, calls for criticism of allies who resort to economic coercion
Middle powers must stop pretending the rules-based international order is still functioning, PM says
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January 20, 2026 at 4:28 PM
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Mark Carney says middle powers must stop pretending the rules-based international order is still functioning and instead build coalitions to survive.
He urged nations to condemn economic coercion, even when practiced by an ally - a clear reference to the U.S.
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Carney stands behind Greenland, calls for criticism of allies who resort to economic coercion
Middle powers must stop pretending the rules-based international order is still functioning, PM says
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January 20, 2026 at 4:28 PM
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Canada to give foreign automakers who build vehicles here preferential access to domestic market: senior official

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Canada to give foreign automakers who build vehicles here preferential access to domestic market: senior official
Ottawa gave advance notice to the U.S. of its decision to part with Washington and slash tariffs on Chinese-made EVs, official says
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January 17, 2026 at 12:48 PM
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Canada gave Trump administration advance notice of plan to slash tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles: source

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Canada to give foreign automakers who build vehicles here preferential access to domestic market: senior official
Ottawa gave advance notice of its decision to part with Washington and slash tariffs on Chinese-made EVs, official says
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January 17, 2026 at 1:04 PM
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Canada to give foreign automakers who build vehicles here preferential access to domestic market: senior official

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Canada to give foreign automakers who build vehicles here preferential access to domestic market: senior official
Ottawa gave advance notice to the U.S. of its decision to part with Washington and slash tariffs on Chinese-made EVs, official says
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January 17, 2026 at 12:48 PM
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Canada to give foreign automakers who build vehicles here preferential access to domestic market: senior official

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Canada to give foreign automakers who build vehicles here preferential access to domestic market: senior official
Ottawa gave advance notice to the U.S. of its decision to part with Washington and slash tariffs on Chinese-made EVs, official says
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January 17, 2026 at 12:48 PM
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Canada reaches tariff deal with China on electric vehicles, canola

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Canada reaches tariff deal with China on electric vehicles, canola
Ottawa to roll back tariffs on thousands of Chinese-made vehicles in exchange for major cuts to Beijing’s levies on canola, seafood
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January 16, 2026 at 9:25 AM
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Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government said Thursday it would welcome more Chinese investment in Canadian energy, including the oil sands, during a visit to Beijing that the Asian giant’s Premier called a “new starting point” for bilateral relations.

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Canada says it’s open to Chinese investment in energy sector
Chinese Premier calls Carney’s visit a ‘new starting point’ for bilateral relations
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January 16, 2026 at 3:41 AM
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Canada-China talks on reducing canola tariffs have been fruitful, Anand says

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Canada-China talks on reducing canola tariffs have been fruitful, Anand says
Ottawa’s levies on EVs a major irritant between the two countries, with China imposing retaliatory tariffs
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January 14, 2026 at 10:47 PM
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Carney makes his first trip to China as PM this week with an agenda that would have seemed unlikely before Trump took office: warming relations with the authoritarian state to a degree not seen in a decade, plus a bigger role for Beijing in Canada’s economy.

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Carney to seek trade breakthrough, reset in relations during China trip
Trip marks major pivot after years of fraying relations and last year’s foreign interference report, as Carney looks to offset economic damage from Trump’s tariffs
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January 13, 2026 at 1:50 PM
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Two Liberals MPs cut short their trip in Taiwan as Carney heads to China, saying they want to avoid sowing confusion about Canada's foreign policy

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Two Liberal MPs cut Taiwan trip short as Carney heads to China
Helena Jaczek and Marie-France Lalonde say they are doing this to ‘avoid confusion with Canada’s foreign policy’
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January 12, 2026 at 4:17 PM
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Two Liberals MPs cut short their trip in Taiwan as Carney heads to China, saying they want to avoid sowing confusion about Canada's foreign policy

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Two Liberal MPs cut Taiwan trip short as Carney heads to China
Helena Jaczek and Marie-France Lalonde say they are doing this to ‘avoid confusion with Canada’s foreign policy’
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January 12, 2026 at 4:17 PM
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Liberal MP Michael Ma, who defected from the Conservatives in December, will be among those accompanying Mark Carney to Beijing next week, the Prime Minister's Office said.
January 8, 2026 at 10:51 PM