54 things Mark Carney said, verbatim, from June 7, 2026 to September 18, 2026, each linked to where it ran. Grouped by the questions at issue, with who supported, disputed, or qualified each one.
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Sep 18latest entry
Positions
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The Trump administration's escalation of tariffs on Canadian autos, trucks, parts and steel to 50% is a justified response to unfair Canadian trade practices.
Disputes
“We learned during the negotiations that the Americans want to destroy our major industries, including autos, steel and aluminum,”
“upended the careful balance reached in the past days”
03
Canada was right to suspend trade talks rather than accept Washington's final demands.
Supports
“We cannot accept what they offered and we will not give what they asked. We were not prepared to compromise Canada’s sovereignty or undermine our key industries.”
“There has been a change in position on the part of the United States and President Trump. There is a position that is harder toward Russia and more realistic, in our view, of the situation on the ground of the war,”
“We do not seek power to dominate others. On the contrary, we are pursuing resilience so that no one can control our open markets, impair our sovereignty, threaten our territorial integrity, or undermine our freedoms, our democracies, our rule of law.”
on Carney framing the EU partnership as defensive autonomy, not a challenge to the US
“In a more dangerous and divided world, Canada must be prepared to defend our interests, protect our citizens, build our economy, and secure our future,”
on Canada ordering 12 submarines from Germany in its largest defense deal
“I'm not surprised that the president of the United States doesn't follow every detail of every agreement that Canada has, and he likes the structure. Actually, we had a follow-up conversation about it as well,”
on why Carney says skipping a Trump bilateral at the G7 isn't a snub
“Sovereignty goes beyond being able to feed, fuel and defend ourselves. It now requires secure access to AI, semiconductors, critical minerals, payment systems, clean energy technologies, vaccines and space-based communications.”
“no one can control our open markets, impair our sovereignty, threaten our territorial integrity, or undermine our freedoms, our democracies, our rule of law”
“The president has used tariffs for leverage in all sorts of situations, and ultimately the goal would be to not have to impose these tariffs because the underlying issues get resolved.”
on Trump using tariffs as leverage to resolve trade disputes
“This is the latest in a series of unilateral US trade actions that began with the US imposing a series of tariffs in direct violation of the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement,”
“The best route for a new pipeline is one that goes through one that already exists, south through the Trans Mountain corridor, to our Pacific Coast, the gateway to the world’s fastest-growing markets,”
on Canada's new pipeline deal expanding oil exports via the Trans Mountain corridor
“My thoughts are with everyone whose life has been upended by the wildfires in British Columbia. The Bradley Creek wildfire alone has forced thousands of people to evacuate their homes in the past few days,”
“Absent was a clear commitment to mobilize all levels of government, law enforcement, prosecutors, security agencies, educational institutions, and civil society around a coordinated national response,”
on criticism of Canada's response to rising antisemitism
Carney, former governor of the Bank of Canada and the Bank of England, draws on the 2008 crisis, climate change and Covid to argue markets need shared values.
