Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney delivered a firm message at the G7 Summit, declaring that “Canadians come first” as he addressed questions involving relations with President Donald Trump and broader economic negotiations. Carney emphasized that his government would not compromise on the interests of Canadian citizens, drawing attention with his blunt and confident remarks. The comments come amid ongoing discussions on trade, tariffs, security cooperation, and global economic challenges facing G7 nations.
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00:00Okay. Probably most efficient just to go straight to questions, given the timing and everything. So, who's... Okay.
00:10Bonjour, M. Carney. Sandrine Vieira avec Le Devoir.
00:13Vous avez eu plusieurs rencontres bilatérales depuis lundi, mais aujourd'hui, vous quittez Evian sans en avoir obtenu une avec
00:18le président Trump.
00:20Est-ce que les Américains vous ont donné une explication sur le pourquoi il a refusé de vous rencontrer?
00:25Et plus largement, qu'est-ce que ça dit sur l'état de nos relations avec Washington, considérant que le
00:30G7 était probablement le meilleur moment pour avoir un tête-à-tête?
00:33Et si vous pouvez répondre en français et en anglais, s'il vous plaît.
00:35D'accord. J'ai eu plusieurs conversations avec le président Trump hier et le jour après, et probablement sept ou
00:47huit conversations avec lui sur plusieurs sujets.
00:50L'Ukraine, nos relations commerciales, l'économie mondiale, l'IA, son anniversaire, certes, tout cela.
01:01Alors, oui, il y a beaucoup d'occasions de parler avec lui. Il y avait une réunion, comme vous le
01:08savez, entre M. Lablan, M. Greer et Mme Charette,
01:14une réunion plus technique pour les négociations commerciales. Alors, il y a des occasions.
01:21Il n'y a pas beaucoup de bilaterale, je crois, pour M. Trump à cette réunion. Il y a une
01:26bilaterale avec le président Macron.
01:29Et je crois une bilaterale. M. Trump m'a dit qu'il y a une bilaterale avec M. Modi. Alors,
01:35c'est pas grand-chose.
01:36Il n'y a pas de signe là. I wouldn't take a big message from that.
01:41I had seven or eight discussions with President Trump over the course of the last 36 hours.
01:46I'll have more today, a wide range of subjects from the economy, relations, his birthday, artificial intelligence,
01:57Ukraine, obviously Iran, the aspects of the deal and the next steps there and how Canada can help.
02:04So, and good discussions with the president. So, I wouldn't take a big message from it.
02:08Just pour préciser, est-ce que vous avez eu une justification pourquoi la rencontre n'a pas eu lieu?
02:13Look, there's nothing, there's no message in that.
02:17He had two bilaterals, one with M. Macron. You always have a bilateral with the host.
02:22And I believe he had a bilateral with Mr. Modi and his mode of, you know, I've dealt with Mr.
02:29Trump over the years
02:30and his mode of being is consistent with the interactions I had with him.
02:35We had the direct discussions between the principals on the trade side, Mr. LeBlanc and Mr. Greer.
02:44Prochaine question, next question.
02:46Juste en français, la justification, s'il vous plaît.
02:49J'ai déjà à répondre à la question.
02:52Prochaine question, next question.
02:54Prime Minister, why did you feel the need to bring up Canada's Chinese electric vehicle camp with the U.S.
02:59president?
03:00And did you speak directly with him at the summit about the renewal of Kuzma?
03:04I spoke, I just answered, I spoke to him about a range of things.
03:09He had asked, I can't remember, he had asked me about it on China and I explained to him what
03:18the deal,
03:19I mean it was one of many interactions with him and I was explaining the actual structure of the deal.
03:25You're familiar with it.
03:26I'm not surprised that the president of the United States doesn't follow every detail of every agreement that Canada has
03:32and he likes the structure actually.
03:35We had a follow-up conversation about it as well.
03:37You said you spoke about a range of things, but did you speak specifically about Kuzma renewal?
03:41We had the discussions with our trade people. We had lots of other issues to discuss.
03:46Next question.
03:48Next question.
03:48Just in French, M. Coney, on the vehicles. Just in French, on the discussion that you have
03:52with the vehicles.
03:53C'est une réponse… c'était une réponse à une question de lui, de M. Trump.
03:57C'est pas une surprise que le président des États-Unis, il ne connaît pas tous les détails
04:04de tous les accords du Canada avec d'autres pays.
04:08Et je veux souligner que le Canada a signé plus de 20 accords en économie et de sécurité pendant
04:17la dernière année.
04:19Prime Minister Brian Platt with Bloomberg.
04:21I wanted to ask more on Chinese cars.
04:24The deal that you announced in January expected Chinese investment in Canada's auto sector.
04:30Minister Zhou Li is in China for most of this week.
04:34Do you have a clearer idea yet of how this might happen?
04:37In Europe, Stellantis is actually starting to build Chinese EVs in its factories here.
04:42Do you expect that that's how this may play out in Canada?
04:44I would say the following. Just so we're all on the same page.
04:50We went back to… in 2024, before we effectively… the government took steps that effectively shut
04:59the Canadian market for Chinese vehicles.
05:01Chinese automakers were exporting to Canada, paying an MFN tariff.
05:07It's about just under 7%, so the lowest tariff rate, most favoured nation.
05:12Tariff rate, they were exporting 49,000 cars.
05:15They were all Teslas, basically.
05:17Teslas made in China.
05:18What we agreed with China earlier this year was, in effect, as I explained to the president,
05:24a hard cap.
05:25In other words, a very high punitive tariff above that 49,000 level.
05:29The MFN tariff below.
05:31But an additional requirement that half of that quota, that 49,000 built up over a few years,
05:40would be for vehicles $35,000 or less.
05:43So we'd get wider variety, wider choice for Canadians.
05:46But I'd remind, and you know this, that this is less than 3% of the Canadian car market.
05:50So it's quite, you know, a marginal, marginal amount.
05:54But it gets some Chinese vehicles back in more choice.
05:57And it creates the possibility, possibility, not the certainty in any ways,
06:02that there is commercial, you know, this commercial relationship develops
06:07and there's Chinese investment in Canada.
06:09We are only interested in Chinese investment in Canada when it's material Canadian production.
06:15We're not interested in kits being put together in Canada.
06:18We're interested if there are joint venture partnerships, Canadian control,
06:23substantial value-add, Canadian labour standards, substantial jobs, et cetera,
06:28that are consistent with that.
06:29Those are longer-tailed discussions.
06:30Those would be some of the discussions Minister Jolie is having.
06:34You see some of this in, as you say, you see some of this happening in Europe.
06:39You see some of this happening in, I'll double-check this with the president of Brazil,
06:45but I believe actually in Brazil you're seeing some of this as well.
06:48So it's a natural evolution of their business model.
06:52What we would do, though, is we will only do what's in the interest
06:56of Canadian consumers, Canadian workers.
07:01Hi, Prime Minister. Jordan Gallin with the National Post.
07:04In the leader's statement on geopolitical issues yesterday,
07:07it said it welcomes Canada's potential to deliver additional energy capacity in the coming years.
07:11Can you elaborate on what you offer the European leaders,
07:15and can Canada deliver given its current export infrastructure?
07:19Yes to your second part of your question.
07:23In the first part, let me give the context to that, which is taking the lessons,
07:28and one of the points that I made in the room in our discussions around Iran and geopolitics
07:34was we have to apply the lessons of recent events.
07:38And one of the lessons of deep insight, but it's important that we actually apply it, is diversification.
07:44Chokepoint at Strait of Hormuz, we have all seen the impact, including on Canadians with higher gas prices,
07:50but more globally.
07:52So there's diversification within that region, new pipeline and other infrastructure,
07:57so not all energy is coming out through the Strait.
08:01There is some of that, but there's not enough of that.
08:03So there's intention to build out a series of energy infrastructure there.
08:08Canada has the ability to do several things, and we're on the path to do several things.
08:14One, 50 megatons of LNG by the end of the year.
08:18The short answer on that, you're already seen with the German off-takes for, for example, the CYLISMS project.
08:27We have two German off-takes.
08:29There's other European off-takes in the work for Canadian LNG.
08:33And then as well, expansion of TMX, the oil pipeline, which is a project that will go ahead.
08:40The discussions with Alberta on the implementation agreement and potential new pipeline, oil pipeline to the west coast.
08:48Southbow, which is a pipeline into the U.S.
08:51So when you total those up, it's a material amount of additional energy that Canada can provide,
08:57both in natural gas, and this is just from Western Canada.
09:01I shouldn't say just, but it's particularly from Western Canada.
09:04Obviously, there's other alternatives in the east.
09:05So it's quite substantial, and it's important to our European partners.
09:11It's important to our Asian partners.
09:12It was raised with me in a number of our bilaterals as well.
09:17Hi, Prime Minister.
09:19This is Shubhi with Y Media.
09:20You met with many leaders, including the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
09:24Our sources at Y Media tell us that the Canada and India trade deal is 99% done.
09:30PM Modi mentioned that he will come to Canada this year.
09:32That's fantastic.
09:33Will the trade agreement be signed when he comes to Canada?
09:38Well, actually, I think, I believe Prime Minister Modi said that he looked forward to coming once the trade deal
09:47is done.
09:48I think he said that in the media scrum.
09:51Certainly, that is our collective understanding, that we want to have the deal done and move from that platform forward
10:02for his visit to Canada.
10:03So we're working hard.
10:05What we had said, and I'll finish here, what we had said at the outset of the negotiations at the
10:10G7 last year is that we were going to launch these negotiations,
10:14and our intention would be to complete them by the G20 this year, which is in November.
10:20So that gives you a sense of timing.
10:24I think you might have rounded up to say it's 99% done, but we're making substantial progress,
10:29and we had a good discussion on some of the issues, the Prime Minister and I, when we met.
10:33So very constructive, and it's moving forward, and it's important.
10:36It's an important opportunity for Canada.
10:38I would underscore, just make one point just to put this in context.
10:44Canadian businesses, Canadian pension funds and others, we have $100 billion of investment already in India.
10:50So this is one of, we're one of the largest foreign investors in India.
10:53We have one of the largest trade relationships, or potential trade relationships, better way to put it.
10:59Having the foreign investment protection agreement, FIPA, and then having this trade deal really will open up a new level
11:06of activity.
11:08Thank you, thank you very much.
11:08Yes, Madame.
11:09Oui, bonjour, M. Corné, Laurence Martin, Radio-Canada.
11:11Je voudrais vous entendre sur l'entente avec l'Iran.
11:14Oui.
11:14Vous avez parlé hier dans une entrevue à CNN d'un accord Game Changer, d'un tournant décisif.
11:20Il y a quand même plusieurs analystes qui doutent que ce protocole d'entente mène à une paix durable dans
11:26la région parce qu'il y a toute la question du nucléaire iranien qui doit être réglée.
11:29Why are you so positive?
11:31Is it for, I want to say, to help Mr. Trump,
11:35in a certain way, or if you really believe it?
11:37And if you really believe it, why?
11:39I say I believe.
11:42I say I believe or I know.
11:47In a sense, there is a possibility or a possibility
11:49that this protocol of agreement is a game-changer
11:56because in the discussions on Ukraine,
12:03there is a change in the orientation of the United States
12:08and President Trump.
12:10Okay?
12:11A position...
12:16... not more difficult compared to Russia.
12:24It is more realistic, in our opinion,
12:29the situation on the ground,
12:33the eventual result of the war,
12:37the loss of Russia.
12:40That's the first thing.
12:41Secondly, in terms of discussions,
12:44there was a very detailed discussion on the Liban.
12:48It was raised by Canada and France,
12:53but because of the agreement with Iran,
12:58there was a more detailed discussion on the Liban.
13:03That's a game-changer, in a sense, yes.
13:06And thirdly, in terms of the agreement with Iran,
13:09there was an agreement with Iran.
13:10That's the end of the agreement.
13:13That's the end of the agreement.
13:17And...
13:18And it's not done yet.
13:19Yes, it's not done yet.
13:21Yes, it's not done yet.
13:22But there is a possibility.
13:24It's the beginning of a process.
13:26There are very great incentives to respect these commitments.
13:34We will see.
13:34Yes, it's been done yet.
13:36But you think it can lead to a sustainable peace in the region?
13:41It creates a possibility.
13:44There are still several risks that exist,
13:48but I would like to highlight the change of tone,
13:56the change of possibilities in Lebanon and Ukraine.
14:02And that's a game changer.
14:04In English, what the exchange was that it creates a possibility of a game changer.
14:14And I referenced the discussions we had on Ukraine, on Lebanon,
14:20and the change in tone with respect to Ukraine, the change in orientation,
14:25a more realistic, in our view, expectation of where this war was going to go
14:30and the position against Russia, the tightening of sanctions against Russia,
14:36the ability to provide additional defensive support for Ukraine,
14:40which was discussed in some detail.
14:43Also very detailed discussion about Lebanon and next steps with that.
14:47The linkage, of course, here.
14:49Yes, there are risks.
14:50Yes, the accord has to be put into place, but the very fact of it
14:57and the fact that so many countries were involved in its development
15:01and are vested in its development does create knock-on effects, positive knock-on effects.
15:08And that's what I believe.
15:10And, of course, Canada will do what we can to support the realization of those.
15:15Yes, Rod Gillies from AP.
15:18You mentioned you saw in your interview the Iran deal, the details of it.
15:23What's your understanding of the $300 billion, where that money is going to come from?
15:28And I think you also mentioned that Canada may have a role.
15:32Like, you're going to be advising it all.
15:33There is a variety of things that we can do.
15:35I guess a couple of things.
15:37One, there are frozen assets.
15:38I think it's for the principles of the deal to speak to the details of the money.
15:44To be clear, there's no Canadian money going in that.
15:47What you need in any of these accords is you need people to help implement them,
15:55third parties to help implement them, moderators, overseen.
15:59If you have money that's linked to, which is the case with this deal,
16:04which has conditions and linked to the fulfillment of those conditions and being managed,
16:10sometimes you have third countries do that.
16:12Canada is, of course, willing to help if that's appropriate.
16:15En français, M. Carney, sur le $300 billion?
16:19Pardon?
16:20En français, sur le $300 billion et la contribution du Canada?
16:23Okay, soyons clairs, c'est aucune contribution du Canada.
16:30Mais il y a possibilité dans tous les accords du pays,
16:35il y a des troisième parties d'autres pays qui vont faire un service, en effet,
16:42de gérer l'argent et gérer la distribution de l'argent.
16:46Très rapidement, madame.
16:47Yes, sorry.
16:49By the time the Pope's encyclical came out,
16:51the AI strategy was pretty baked.
16:54But it calls for widespread adoption.
16:56And I'm just wondering, given your faith,
16:58if you've reviewed the encyclical
17:00and if it gave you any pause about what will come next when it comes to...
17:05I would say the following.
17:06One, yes, I've read it.
17:08And yes, actually, I spoke to the Pope about it.
17:12I also read and helped write the AI strategy.
17:15So I'm familiar with both documents, as you would expect,
17:19certainly on the AI strategy.
17:20I would bring the following where it comes together
17:25and arriving at a similar position from, you know, very different roles,
17:30which is AI, particularly AI, but this is true for any tech,
17:35should be true for any technology,
17:37is that the deployment of AI has to have people at the centre.
17:42So having people at the centre, in this case, means the following.
17:45One, all Canadians having the opportunity to learn how to use AI,
17:51to have the tools, literally the access to the AI tools.
17:55So it is AI for all.
17:57It's as equal as possible.
17:59That's one of the things that makes Canada great,
18:02is that we always strive for equality where we can.
18:05So that's first and foremost.
18:06And there's a series of things in the AI strategy that look to accomplish that.
18:12We have more work to do.
18:13It'll be some of the discussions I have on the sidelines here
18:16and follow up with some of the AI companies.
18:19So that's the first element of having people at the centre.
18:21And then the second is, to what purpose?
18:23What's the point of the deployment of AI?
18:28Medical solutions, you know, helping as opposed to harvesting,
18:33cultural discovery, as another example.
18:38So there's a series of ways that we can deploy it.
18:40Making government work for people better would be a third obvious.
18:44And so core to the strategy is a series of missions.
18:47We'll start on healthcare in terms of delivery.
18:50So that's where those two come together.
18:52Thank you, Kate.
18:53Merci beaucoup.
18:55I wish him a happy birthday.
18:57He's very pleased.
18:57I did give him the president.
18:58He likes it a lot.
18:59Who is the president?
19:02But it's not gold.
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