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00:00Take your questions, look forward to your questions.
00:01I'll just say a few words about what's been going on this week, another busy week, a good week for
00:08Canada.
00:09And I'll just say a few words about what we've been building.
00:12Building defence capabilities at home, building trust and partnerships with our allies,
00:19and building new opportunities here in Saudi Arabia.
00:24On Monday in Halifax, we announced the largest defence procurement in Canadian history,
00:29and we're now in the process, beginning the process of negotiating up to 12 state-of-the-art submarines from
00:35TKMS.
00:36This is historic, not just for the new capability that we're going to deliver to Canadian submariners,
00:43but also for the speed and ambition, the efficiency and the impact of the procurement process.
00:49We received reviewed and selected bids in less than a year, five years ahead of the original schedule,
00:56and that's, you know, that's a change to process.
00:59I know it sounds wonky and boring, but it's an important change to process the defence industrial strategy in action.
01:06The generational investments we're making in the Canadian Armed Forces meant that on Tuesday,
01:12for the first time in 40 years, nearly 40 years, Canada arrived at a NATO summit
01:16with our defence investments and capacity on a clear upward trajectory.
01:22Already hit NATO's 2% target, we're on a clear path to 5% by 2035, which is the NATO
01:29objective.
01:30We arrived in Ankara as a stronger, more capable member of the alliance.
01:34At the summit, I met with President Erdogan, where we agreed to launch negotiations
01:39on a new free trade agreement with Turkey, a trade agreement that can unlock billions in trades
01:45between our two countries.
01:46We signed new defence contracts that will grow our industrial base and jobs at home in Canada.
01:52We agreed to open negotiations to join NATO's innovation sub-fund
01:57and announced that Canada will host NATO's 2027 industry forum,
02:02a sign of our ambition in building jobs and growth here at home.
02:09As we build our strength at home, we're also deploying it abroad.
02:15In Ankara, we announced that Canada will extend Operation Reassurance to 2031,
02:21and that's the Canadian-led brigade in Latvia.
02:24It's our largest overseas mission, and we're increasing it,
02:28deploying more personnel for a total ground presence of about 2,600, that's Canadian soldiers,
02:34joined by 15 other nations of the NATO alliance.
02:40Canada will now stand as the third framework nation of a multinational division north,
02:46alongside Latvia and Denmark, taking even greater responsibility for NATO's eastern flank.
02:52I also held a series of bilateral meetings, including with the NATO Secretary-General,
02:58leaders from over a dozen countries.
03:01So through new investments, through deeper industrial and defence partnerships,
03:07strength and support for Ukraine, expanded role in reinforcing NATO's eastern flank,
03:11Canada's delivering on our commitments and helping to build a stronger and more secure NATO.
03:17Here, today in Jeddah, we are building partnerships with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,
03:23harnessing the ambitions of our nations to catalyze greater security, prosperity and opportunity for both our peoples.
03:30We signed, Canadian I should say, Canadian and Saudi businesses have signed 13 new commercial agreements
03:37across education, critical minerals and mining, energy, infrastructure, security, artificial intelligence.
03:44In education, agreements to train workers in some of the Kingdom's most dynamic industries,
03:49building the skills that will power its next decade of growth.
03:53In critical minerals and mining, new Canadian engineering partnerships
03:56are working on some of the most ambitious mining projects here,
04:01unlocking over $2 trillion of mineral wealth.
04:06In energy and infrastructure, Canadian expertise is supporting roads, rails and urban development
04:11across the Kingdom, along with clean building technologies that help it build sustainably.
04:17And in defence and security, new training partnerships support the Kingdom's efforts
04:22to build domestic aviation and defence industry capabilities.
04:27And artificial intelligence, Canadian AI and health technology partnerships
04:31are helping to transform patient monitoring, diagnostics and surgical care.
04:37We're aiming to conclude negotiations with Saudi Arabia
04:41for a foreign investment promotion and protection agreement
04:44by the first quarter of next year.
04:48Canada's Minister of Finance, who's here,
04:50intends to lead a delegation of Canadian pension funds
04:53and their $2 trillion of capital to visit the Kingdom
04:56in coming months to identify new investment opportunities.
05:00And Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund will visit Canada in the fall,
05:05attending our Canada Investment Summit,
05:08which showcased some of our transformative projects.
05:11Canada is also announcing that we will participate in Expo 2030
05:15here in Saudi, bringing Canadian projects expertise,
05:19showcasing the best of Canada at what will be a landmark event.
05:24I would like to thank His Royal Highness, the Crown Prince and the Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia
05:31for his hospitality and for our rich discussions this afternoon.
05:36Canada and Saudi Arabia have growing cooperation across key sectors,
05:42some of which I've referenced,
05:43but I also want to recognise the Kingdom's broader efforts
05:46to promote regional stability and security.
05:51So in four days, in three countries,
05:55we've worked to build our strength, to build trust with our allies,
05:58to build a new partnership with the world.
06:00In this time of uncertainty, we're choosing to act,
06:03we're choosing to build Canada strong.
06:07And with that, I look forward to your questions.
06:11Prime Minister, previous government
06:15spoke about their differences with Saudi Arabia publicly in many ways.
06:19If I understand you correctly,
06:21for instance, on human rights,
06:23you can have differences and discussions behind closed doors,
06:27but you can also do everything else that you have described.
06:31Why do you think that's the way to go now,
06:34as opposed to what happened sort of 2018
06:37in that sort of more challenging time between the two governments?
06:42Well, I'm going to take your question more generally about our approach,
06:45as you began, if that's okay,
06:47and you can follow up if that's not sufficient.
06:51We recognise a couple of things.
06:54One is that engagement is not endorsement.
06:58So engaging with the country doesn't mean
07:00that we agree with everything that a country is doing.
07:02In fact, I can't think of a country on the planet
07:04where we would agree with everything that they're doing, first point.
07:08No country is Canada,
07:10and we don't even agree with everything that's happening in Canada.
07:13Better is always possible, including for Canada.
07:15So that's the first.
07:16The second is that we recognise in a world
07:21that's more dangerous, that's more divided,
07:24a world where we need to diversify our partnerships,
07:27where we become over-reliant on a partner
07:30with whom we share many things.
07:33The United States, obviously, we share many things,
07:35and we value that partnership,
07:36but we're over-reliant, and that's been demonstrated.
07:39Every...
07:40Canadians have very strongly recognised that,
07:43and we're looking to diversify.
07:45So we are actively engaging with key partners around the world.
07:50We are calibrating those engagements
07:54depending on alignment and depending on our interests.
07:57Part of our interests is to build our strategic capabilities.
08:04In other words, to build in areas
08:06that make Canada more resilient, stronger, more independent.
08:09And where there's complementarities, we do that.
08:14And then the last element,
08:16it's not the last element, but the last element I'll hand back,
08:19is we recognise as a government
08:23the importance of countries
08:27that are active and influential
08:34in geographies in the world
08:35and in situations in the world
08:38about which we care deeply.
08:41Canadians, Canada has always cared deeply
08:43about the Middle East.
08:45Canadians, Canada has since...
08:49Before Deep and Baker, I'm going to stretch it back...
08:52Well, I should...
08:52Back to...
08:54Well, since 1948, actually,
08:57has supported a two-state solution.
09:00I'll give the example of the two countries
09:02that I've been to on this trip.
09:04Two of the most influential countries
09:05with respect to potential solutions there
09:08are Saudi Arabia and Turkey.
09:11We need to engage with these countries.
09:13We need to be speaking with them.
09:14We need to work with them.
09:16That doesn't mean that they have the key to unlock things,
09:19but not being engaged,
09:21not talking to them
09:24on level.
09:25I'm the first Prime Minister to come here in 25 years.
09:30I was the first Prime Minister to speak to President Erdogan
09:33in over a decade.
09:35Speak to him.
09:36We'll meet with him.
09:38And so it's about recognising where we can have influence,
09:43where we can build resilience, independence, strength, Canada,
09:50calibrating appropriately,
09:52and also creating a situation
09:55and a dialogue
09:57where we can raise issues.
10:00And because we have influence
10:02and because we have partnerships,
10:03we have a greater chance
10:04of positive outcomes
10:08and positive progress in those issues.
10:09So that's probably longer than you wanted,
10:10but that's...
10:12Last point on this for me,
10:13that you...
10:15Again, if I hear you correctly,
10:19emphasising those disagreements,
10:21particularly publicly,
10:22doesn't really get countries like Canada anywhere.
10:28Critics would say
10:29you are so focused on business and jobs and money
10:32that you're just looking away from those other things,
10:35and I'm assuming you would see that differently.
10:37I definitely see that differently.
10:39I...
10:41We...
10:42I do see that lecturing countries from afar
10:48is an ineffective strategy.
10:50It's satisfying, but it's ineffective.
10:55Engagement can be effective.
10:57It doesn't mean it's always effective.
10:58It doesn't mean it's decisive,
10:59but it can be effective.
11:01We care deeply about human rights.
11:03We care deeply about self-determination for nations.
11:08We care deeply about territorial integrity of nations.
11:11We care deeply about Canadian consular cases.
11:14I addressed a Canadian consular case in Ankara two days ago.
11:21And because I was with the president,
11:23it was addressed favourably.
11:26If I sat in Ottawa and pointed out all the things
11:30that I...
11:30We or might not agree with
11:33with what Turkey has done or is doing or might do,
11:36I wouldn't have had that conversation.
11:38I wouldn't have had that impact.
11:38That's a small example,
11:40but it is an example of a broader point.
11:44Meta.
11:44Prime Minister, most of the people you met today,
11:46most of the Saudi people you met today,
11:48are major players led by the Crown Prince
11:51in this Vision 2030 exercise.
11:53A vast plan to modernize and diversify the Saudi economy.
11:58Right.
11:58Even that, huge resources,
12:00all hands on deck.
12:01From the beginning,
12:02it's run into substantial rough patches.
12:04Cost overruns,
12:06expropriation problems for a government
12:08that's used to getting its way,
12:10scaling back the ambition of the plan.
12:12Are there elements of a cautionary tale here
12:14for even...
12:15I couldn't see that coming.
12:18But look, I think...
12:20Let me take that a couple ways
12:22and then you have a follow-up.
12:23First is,
12:25it is a very ambitious plan.
12:28Begun 2016, 2017,
12:31thereabouts,
12:32shortly after the Crown Prince became Prime Minister.
12:35Three pillars,
12:37you know,
12:38vibrant society,
12:39important pillar,
12:40and it goes partly to the previous questions
12:43and some of the transformation is part of that.
12:45And I would suggest to look back at then and now,
12:50just in terms of direction.
12:53A thriving economy and an ambitious government.
12:59What are...
13:00What's the record on it?
13:02Again, I can't...
13:03You know,
13:03I'm not going to be the final judge,
13:04but I would note that this is an economy
13:06that I think with the IMF numbers came out...
13:09I mean, there is a war going on
13:11or a conflict has been going on
13:13and the growth forecast
13:14is something like 5, 5.5% for this year.
13:17It's been certainly in the top quartile
13:19consistently over the course of that plan.
13:22So some things are going right
13:23and the oil price has been bouncing around
13:25during that period of time.
13:28You're seeing government revenues,
13:30they've probably gone from 75, 80%
13:33from hydrocarbons to, let's say, just above 50%.
13:37So that's a big...
13:38You know, those are big shifts
13:39in a little over a decade.
13:40You know, new sectors, mining sector, tourism.
13:44There's a figure, and again, don't...
13:46You know, I'm not the Saudi expert,
13:48but it's orders of magnitude
13:49of 10 million tourists
13:50to 150 million tourists.
13:53Up here.
13:54That's a pretty big...
13:55That's a pretty big shift that comes with it.
13:57So a lot going right.
13:58What are some of the...
13:59But to go to your...
14:00So a lot is going right.
14:02Not everything's going right.
14:03You've got a big ambitious plan.
14:04You've got multiple aspects too.
14:05Not everything's going to go right.
14:07So what are some of the lessons?
14:09One is, you know,
14:12track what you're trying to accomplish.
14:14Have KPIs, key performance indicators.
14:18Make course corrections when necessary.
14:21Cut your losses if something isn't working.
14:23Right?
14:24That's always a good advice
14:25or stop that.
14:27Borrow from others where you can.
14:29Partner where you can.
14:30And this is one of the big lessons.
14:32I mean, I know it sounds repetitive.
14:36I talk about partnerships a lot.
14:38But partnerships are incredibly valuable
14:41because you spread your risk.
14:43You get more resources.
14:44You get more expertise in technology.
14:46And that's another element.
14:49And I think what I see here,
14:51and this is part of the opportunity
14:52for some Canadian firms.
14:54We saw some of that at the Business Forum
14:56just an hour or so ago,
14:57is that Saudi is moving into a phase
15:00where they want more partnership.
15:02They want more inbound investment.
15:04And that element,
15:05and that creates opportunity.
15:06So for Canada,
15:08let's give the example of Canada,
15:09and then I'll hand back,
15:10where, and I'll just give one example.
15:12We have a lot of capital in Canada, right?
15:15Do we need foreign capital necessarily?
15:19Well, we need foreign capital
15:21because it brings some expertise.
15:23We need foreign capital
15:24because it brings perspective
15:27and experiences,
15:29gets broader linkages for our firms.
15:31And that helps our plan,
15:34which is not as ambitious
15:35as Vision 2030,
15:37but is ambitious,
15:38is generationally ambitious in that.
15:40So yes, there definitely are some lessons,
15:42but I would give,
15:43I would give the transformation
15:45that's underway here
15:48a lot of credit maybe
15:50than the preamble,
15:51your question implied.
15:53On that question of attracting investment,
15:57you confirmed by Hunter
15:57that the Saudis will be
15:58at your investment summit in September.
16:01Yes.
16:02Prime Minister Trudeau
16:03had an investment summit in Toronto
16:05in 2016, 2017.
16:08There's no government
16:08that's not trying to attract private investment.
16:10You advised the current labor government
16:12in the UK two years ago
16:14on how to set up a national wealth fund.
16:16Everyone's looking for investment.
16:17How do you hope to do better?
16:24I'll give you the pitch.
16:26One, look, yes, the PIF,
16:32the Saudi Assam Wealth Fund
16:33confirmed to us today
16:34that they will be at the investment summit.
16:37We very much welcome that.
16:40And the scale of RSVPs
16:43is such that there'd be very broad
16:49and deep representation
16:51at that summit,
16:52which is great.
16:52So part is getting people
16:54and the decision makers
16:56to be there.
16:58No disrespect to others,
16:59but you need the decision makers there.
17:01The second is
17:03you have to be doing things differently.
17:05I mean, if you're a Canada,
17:07you have to improve.
17:11There are very few people
17:12who get up in the morning
17:13and think about Canada.
17:14I mean, that's the reality.
17:16And so making the country
17:18more attractive for investment,
17:21upping our ambition,
17:23the transformation.
17:27Being with Canada
17:28means being part,
17:30being with the rest of the world.
17:32So our trade agenda,
17:33and maybe I'm worried,
17:35I'm sorry, I'm going on.
17:36But the, you know,
17:37we have free trade agreements
17:39with 1.5 billion consumers,
17:40if I can put it that way.
17:42We're going to double that this year.
17:44That makes Canada very attractive
17:46as not just a destination,
17:48but also a hub.
17:50And so that's also what brings it in.
17:52And then I guess the last point I'd make is,
17:55after that last point,
17:57the last point I'd make
17:57is that, you know,
18:00we have a pretty clear strategy
18:02of where we want to go.
18:04We're trying to make the country,
18:06I think we will do this,
18:09more resilient,
18:10more independent,
18:12more strategically autonomous,
18:13so I use that.
18:14So there's areas where we have strengths,
18:16energy is a clear one.
18:18There's area,
18:19and we can sort of go it alone on energy.
18:21There's areas where we can build,
18:23we need complementary,
18:24we have complementary strengths,
18:26space, AI, two examples,
18:28where we can do that.
18:30Critical minerals,
18:31you need the full chain,
18:32so you develop that in those ways.
18:33And so that also helps success
18:36because people are coming
18:38and realizing,
18:39okay, you have a strategy.
18:41This isn't just flavor of the month.
18:42It's something you're going to build out over time.
18:45You've got a big market,
18:46you've got rule of law,
18:48you've got smart people,
18:49you've got an ambitious country,
18:50and you're connected to the world.
18:52Those are components that can bring success,
18:55but you also have to execute,
18:56which was your first question.
18:58Thanks.
18:58Next question.
18:59Question, Kessel.
19:00Hi, Thomas Seale from Bloomberg.
19:02Based on your discussions today,
19:04what Canadian sectors and assets
19:06would you envision
19:07Saudi investors and businesses investing in?
19:10And what did they particularly express interests in?
19:15There's, I mean, there's a broad range,
19:17and I would say that these interests
19:20go in both directions.
19:22But certainly in energy,
19:24there's interest in energy,
19:26and that's the full range
19:28in terms of commercial partnerships
19:30from LNG through to renewable
19:33and the nuclear end of the spectrum.
19:37The mining, there's a strong interest in mining.
19:40That's more inbound here,
19:42given the ambitions that are there.
19:45You know, conventional infrastructure,
19:47more broadly, is there as well.
19:51And, look, this is not a,
19:54well, you see it in some of the agreements today,
19:59Niagara University,
20:01as an example, Niagara College.
20:03There is great interest
20:05in building those educational ties.
20:08Final.
20:10Elements of AI.
20:12There's very ambitious building the AI stack here,
20:15but when you move up into the agentic layer
20:18and beyond, there's very strong interest.
20:23Canada's Air Force.
20:24Is that your follow-up?
20:26I'd rather another follow-up.
20:27That was sort of a, okay.
20:29Are there any areas of collaboration or investment
20:31that you would have reservations about?
20:33Like you've outlined with China,
20:34there are areas that you're comfortable with
20:36and areas that you're less comfortable with.
20:37Is that the case?
20:38I think I'll give you the example of where,
20:42I'm going to give you a counter example,
20:44where Saudi Arabia, Canada, the G7, Australia, Korea,
20:53we all have very strong interests
20:55in building out critical minerals and rare earths
20:57because that will diversify for the world
21:00and that will make the world more resilient,
21:02stronger.
21:02It's in our own interest.
21:04And that's an area where that is absolutely
21:07a ring fence for China in Canada
21:09because that would just be reinforcing the risk,
21:13the very real risk that exists today.
21:15Next question.
21:16Next question.
21:17Hi, Prime Minister.
21:18Mackenzie Gray with Global News.
21:20You've been spending a lot of time with Donald Trump.
21:21You had a long conversation with him on the phone at NATO.
21:24Big thumbs up.
21:25The cameras caught you doing that.
21:26One thing we've heard from the Americans
21:28is that if there's going to be a breakthrough on trade,
21:29it needs to happen at the leader's level.
21:31So do you think you've made any progress
21:32with the president when it comes to trade?
21:35I'll keep you posted.
21:38On the boarding out bridge,
21:39the U.S. ambassador has said
21:41that there are two issues the Americans have,
21:43control of the bridge and tolls.
21:45They want more money sooner.
21:46Are you willing to renegotiate the current agreement
21:48to make sure the bridge opens?
21:50I think we're willing to clarify aspects
21:53of the current arrangements.
21:57Our last question.
22:00Hi, Prime Minister.
22:02The IMF today reduced its global forecast,
22:07mostly because of the lingering effects
22:09of the war with Iran.
22:11How long does this war have to go on
22:14before there is real damage?
22:16And is a permanent ceasefire
22:20further out of reach
22:21now that President Trump's further talks
22:23are a waste of time?
22:27The first thing is that I was pleased to see
22:30that Canada remains the second strong,
22:33according to the IMF's forecast,
22:35the second fastest growing economy in the G7.
22:39And that also points to part of the answer
22:43to the question and the strategy.
22:46One of the discussions
22:47that the Crown Prince,
22:50the Royal Highness the Crown Prince and I had
22:52at some length,
22:53but also I picked up from other discussions,
22:56was the importance,
22:57and we're doing this thing,
22:58we talk about what we can control
23:01and what we can control
23:02is focused on what we can control.
23:04What we can control first and foremost
23:06in Canada is what we're doing within our borders.
23:09What we're building,
23:10how we build together,
23:11how we make sure we're building for all,
23:13all of those aspects,
23:14the recognition and addressing
23:17the very real pressures that Canadians face
23:20in terms of affordability,
23:22that we can control.
23:23We can highly influence,
23:25but not control,
23:27our partnerships abroad, right?
23:28We can go out
23:29and we build out those partnerships.
23:31The payoff,
23:31the domestic,
23:32what we can control
23:33is building a stronger Canada.
23:35This is supplementing it,
23:36builds out over time.
23:38And the economies that focus
23:41on what they can control
23:42are going to do better,
23:42regardless of what happens,
23:44not that it's unimportant,
23:45but what happens miles away from here.
23:49I would say,
23:51with respect to your second question,
23:53second part of your question,
23:57the 60-day MOU
23:59was always a framework
24:00for more talks.
24:03As in any framework,
24:05there's ambiguities in that framework.
24:06Those ambiguities
24:07may be part of the challenges
24:10that were experienced,
24:11particularly about free passage
24:13in the Strait of Hormuz.
24:14I mean,
24:15a fundamental red line,
24:17I think,
24:18for the world,
24:19but also for the United States
24:22in it for obvious reasons.
24:28Is a longer-term,
24:31a prolonged cessation
24:35of hostilities possible,
24:38even with current events?
24:40Yes, yeah, it's possible.
24:41And that's certainly
24:43one of the scenarios
24:44that we can see.
24:46Whether that's a formalized ceasefire
24:50certainly remains to be seen.
24:52But there are other risks.
24:54As I said,
24:55I think it was yesterday,
24:57it certainly holds today
24:58that it's a very fragile,
25:00tense situation.
25:02And it is one of the key determinants
25:06of the path
25:08of that situation,
25:10which matters for the world,
25:11which matters for Canadians
25:12because there's knock-on effect
25:14on food and energy prices
25:15and other elements,
25:17and knock-on effect of...
25:18One of the key influencers
25:21is the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,
25:23which is why we're...
25:24One of the reasons
25:24why we're here,
25:25talking to them,
25:26not sitting in front of a lecturer,
25:29lecturing them.
25:30Let's follow-up.
25:31Dernière question.
25:32Sorry.
25:33My follow-up is,
25:34what went through your mind
25:35when you opened the gift
25:37from President Erdogan?
25:38I never saw it.
25:40So they keep...
25:42I would like to reassure Canadians,
25:44they keep guns away from me.
25:47And so I never saw it.
25:49I did...
25:50I learned about it from...
25:52I think it was Prime Minister Starmer,
25:55but we were...
25:57We were...
25:58Whatever.
25:59We were having a conversation,
26:00a few of us,
26:00and he pointed out to me
26:01that he'd received this,
26:03and it had his name on it.
26:07And so I learned about it,
26:08and then, of course,
26:09my colleagues told me,
26:10yeah, we were...
26:10We had this,
26:13and it's not what I expected.
26:15It struck me
26:16that my gift of maple syrup
26:18kind of undermatched...
26:21Undermatched the...
26:24Whatever it was,
26:26.357 caliber or whatever.
26:29But I also...
26:30Then the next thing
26:31that went through my mind
26:32was, okay,
26:33this is something
26:34for the War Museum
26:37or the CAF,
26:39you know,
26:39a CAF museum
26:40or something like that
26:41where it's,
26:42you know,
26:43it's interesting,
26:45and it relates to NATO
26:46and the bigger picture of that.
26:49And so what's happened
26:51is with...
26:54It's with the RCMP.
26:55It's been decommissioned
26:57because it's not a legal firearm
27:00in Canada,
27:01and I certainly don't have
27:03a license for it.
27:04So it's been decommissioned
27:05and we're going to find
27:08the best home for it
27:09in something like
27:10I just described.
27:11But yes,
27:12it was not what I expected.
27:15Thank you very much.
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