• Canada welcomes EU leaders to Montreal for talks on next steps in relationship

  Source: Global News Politics
  Date: 2026-10-29 11:47:19.0
  Tags: [National, Quebec, Trade, Economy, Technology, Energy]

  Prime Minister Mark Carney is hosting European Commissioner Ursula von der Leyen and EU leaders in Montreal for bilateral talks aimed at forging closer strategic and economic ties. While full European Union membership is off the table, officials are negotiating an "alliance for the future" partnership focused on business, technology, clean energy, and critical minerals. The high-level summit has also sparked domestic political tension, with Quebec Premier Paul St-Pierre Plamondon pressing the federal government to secure a speaking role at the event.

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• Read Mark Carney's full speech to the European Parliament

  Source: CBC Politics
  Date: 2026-09-17 18:04:15.0
  Tags: [National, Trade, Economy, Defence, Energy, Technology]

  Prime Minister Mark Carney delivered an address to the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, welcoming European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's proposal for Canada to become the European Union's first associate member under a new "alliance for the future." Carney proposed deepening bilateral cooperation across strategic sectors including critical minerals—leveraging Canada's deposits of over 34 critical minerals—alongside energy security via liquefied natural gas and hydrogen supply, defense industrial capacity, artificial intelligence computing, and financial services integration. The proposed alliance aims to enhance collective resilience and sovereignty against geopolitical coercion without establishing a closed great-power rival bloc.

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