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Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada wants to lessen its dependence on the United States so it doesn’t have to monitor Donald Trump’s social media to determine what new U.S. policy might affect this country.
Steve Chase reports that in comments to a U.S. think tank, in New York City today, Carney talked about his efforts to build more economic opportunities for Canada outside the increasingly protectionist U.S.
“Canadians understand the need to, as we put it, to be masters in our own house,” Carney told members of the Council on Foreign Relations in a fireside chat.
“The country does not want to wake up and look on, with due respect, on Truth Social or X.com to see what the latest change is in U.S. policy, b