Build a country ” strong “Capable to face the United States of Donald Trump: this is the objective of Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. The head of government promised, Friday, May 2, to launch the greatest transformation of the economy of his country since the end of the Second World War.
For his first press conference after the electoral victory of his training, the Liberal Party on Monday Mark Carney appeared very determined. Known to weigh each of his words, he said he was “In politics to do great things, not to be something”.
This former central banker, who has never been elected before, managed to convince Canadian voters that he was the right candidate to deal with the trade war and the annexation threats of the American president, Donald Trump.
The relationship between the two neighbors is the “Immediate priority” From his government, he said, announcing that he went to Washington on Tuesday to meet the American president. For these discussions, centered on “Current trade pressures” And “Future economic and security relations” Between the two countries, we should not expect “White smoke” At the end of the meeting, he assured.
“Increasing integration” with the United States is “completed”
According to him, the old relationship between the two countries, based on “Increasing integration”, East “Finished”. “The questions that arise now are how our nations will cooperate in the future”.
To deal with this unprecedented crisis, Mark Carney called for unity. A message supported by the main movements such as the Conservatives, the main opposition force, as well as by the Quebec Bloc, the third party present in Parliament.
Donald Trump “Respects strength”he also estimated, explaining that that was why he was preparing the country for great transformations. “We are going to live an incredibly exciting period, while we take charge of our economic destiny to create a new Canadian economy”he said.
The Prime Minister, who ruled the Central Bank of Canada and that of England, said he maintained customs duties on American products as long as Washington measures are in place. To do this, he promised to abolish the customs barriers that exist between the provinces in Canada before 1er July, but also to strengthen “Commercial partnerships with reliable allies”. “Canada has what the world needs, and we defend the values that the world respects”he said.
Charles III will open the new parliamentary session
He explained that his government would be set up during the week of May 12. Then that the Parliament, suspended since January, would make his return on May 26 and that King Charles III in person would say the speech of the throne. “This is a historical honor”he said, which aims to underline “Our sovereignty”in an allusion to the desires of Donald Trump to make the country on the 51e US state.
This solemn speech, which marks the opening of a new session of the Parliament of Canada, is generally pronounced by the Governor General, who is the king’s representative in the country.
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If Mark Carney won a historic victory on Monday, since the liberals were still promised a heavy defeat a few months ago, his party failed to win the absolute majority in Parliament. After recounts, he has 169 seats there, three units of the absolute majority fixed at 172, out of a total of 343.
The Prime Minister should however easily be able to govern without relying on one of the small parties represented in the lower chamber of the Parliament.