00:00Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney delivered a firm response to U.S. President Donald Trump rejecting threats over Ottawa's expanding
00:07diplomatic and economic partnership with the European Union.
00:10Speaking before the European Parliament in Strasbourg, Carney asserted that Canada remains an independent nation capable of forging its own
00:17international alliances.
00:18Addressing European lawmakers, the Canadian leader welcomed the European Commission's proposal to grant Canada a non-precedented associate member status
00:27within the bloc.
00:27Carney emphasized that deepening bilateral integration in defense, artificial intelligence, critical minerals, and energy security aims to protect sovereign interests
00:36rather than dominate others.
00:38The statement follows warnings from Washington fighting heavy trade tariffs against Europe should the transatlantic arrangement proceed.
00:48And as has been our strategy from the start, we are looking for partnerships that are complementary, that reinforce our
00:58sovereignty.
00:59And that's what is on offer here.
01:01And Canadians are united that nobody is going to tell us what language we speak.
01:07No one is going to dictate our culture or with whom we can strike agreements.
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