Carney says Canada’s values ‘must be fought for’ amid ‘democratic decline’
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'Canada doesn't live because of the United States. Canada thrives because we are Canadian,' Carney said, refuting comments made on the world stage by U.S. President Donald Trump.
Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday that Canada is at a moment in history where “our values must be fought for” as a country based on inclusion, while setting an example to the rest of the world at a time of “democratic decline.”
Carney also refuted comments made by U.S. President Donald Trump this week about how Canada “lives because of the United States.”
“Canada and the United States have built a remarkable partnership in the economy, in security, and in rich cultural exchange,” Carney said.
“Canada doesn’t live because of the United States. Canada thrives because we are Canadian.”
Speaking at the Liberal cabinet retreat in Quebec City ahead of Parliament’s scheduled return on Monday, Carney laid out his agenda for the coming year while charting Canada’s imperfect history of cultures learning to live together and build a collective national identity.
“Canadians believe in the value of every other Canadian, their boundless potential to make this great country even better,” Carney said. “Our ancestors, despite their differences, believed in each other, and in us.
“There are long periods of history when these values can prosper unchallenged. Ours is not one of them. Our values must be fought for. That’s what we’re doing, and Canadians are up for it.”
Carney’s address to Canadians came after his major foreign policy speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, earlier this week, where he declared a “rupture” to the old rules-based international order and stressed that middle powers like Canada must band together to resist coercion from great powers.
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