Mark Carney Canada focus after U.S. midterm elections, Digi Mart USA News: Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada is a “confident country” and is focused on the same issues as before the U.S. midterm elections, when asked by reporters how the results affect his approach to dealing with the United States.
“We’re focused on affordability, and we’re focused on opportunity. We’re focused on sovereignty for Canada, more independence so we can live our lives as we choose and make our own decisions,” Carney told reporters.
Carney said that what happens in the United States is important and that things will evolve, but added that Canada is concentrating on its own priorities. “We’re focused on the same issues as we were at the start of the week, as we will focus on next week.
It’s a confident country moving forward, and I think that’s the core message,” he said. He also described Canada as a great partner for many countries around the world, including the United States.
Canadian politicians responded quickly after Democrats swept both the House of Representatives and the Senate earlier in the week. Tensions have simmered between Carney and U.S.
President Donald Trump since trade talks came to a halt in August. The two countries have since been locked in a trade war launched by Trump that is hurting businesses and consumers on both sides of the border.
Carney said Tuesday that “more intense” trade negotiations with the United States were resuming following a phone call with Trump over the weekend. Amid escalating trade tensions this year, Canada has made securing trade deals and closer ties with other countries a priority.
Carney has said his vision for a closer relationship with the European Union reflects a “dangerous and divided” world in which trade has been “weaponized.”
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said Wednesday that “the results yesterday demonstrate that Americans hate tariffs. A tariff on Canada is a tax on Americans,” and urged the prime minister to use his “immense leverage” to reach a good deal with the United States.
On Thursday, ministers in Carney’s cabinet said Canada will continue to engage with representatives in the United States. “Controlling the things we can control, that’s the way to go,” Transport Minister Steven MacKinnon said.
