Canada absent from Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ founding membership
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Mark Carney’s office said Canada had agreed 'in principle' to join board overseeing the 'redevelopment' of Gaza, but has yet to formally sign on.
Canada was absent from a list of founding “Board of Peace” members at a ceremony led by U.S. President Donald Trump Thursday in Davos, Switzerland.
Prime Minister Mark Carney has indicated that Canada agreed “in principle” to join the board, meant to oversee the body “redeveloping” Gaza after its devastating conflict with Israel, but his office has said there remain “details” to be worked out before the country formally joins.
Ottawa’s hesitance comes as western European nations – including the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy and Spain – have expressed skepticism about the board, which will be chaired by Trump and reserves spots for several autocratic world leaders, including Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarus’s Aleksandr Lukashenko.
Carney said Tuesday that Canada has concerns about the “governance and the decision-making process” of the board’s structure as set out by the U.S.
The Prime Minister’s Office has not responded to specific questions about the Board of Peace this week, including whether Putin’s potential participation – or the possible membership of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu – has changed Carney’s thinking about Canada’s membership.
The PMO did not immediately respond when asked when Canada will make its decision on Board of Peace membership.
In his signing ceremony Thursday, Trump welcomed founding board members, including Egypt, Hungary, Jordan, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Turkey.
“This isn’t the United States, this is for the world,” Trump said, “I think we can spread it out to other things as we succeed in Gaza.”
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