Canada and the United States “are much more coordinated” than it may appear, says Prime Minister Mark Carney. Article content
“There is still a very deep, enduring and reinforcing relationship between Canada and the United States. As Canadians, we benefit from that,” said Carney via video call to the U.S.-Canada Summit in Toronto on Wednesday. Article content Article content
The comments were made in conversation with Gerald Butts, the vice chairman of Eurasia Group, a political risk analysis and consulting company. Butts was former prime minister Justin Trudeau’s principal secretary from 2015 to 2019.
Carney pointed out that the two neighbours were in line when it came to border security and defence. “Canada is quadrupling its defence expenditures between the end of last year and t