On the eve of the extraordinary parliamentary elections in Canada, appointed on April 28 as part of the liberal campaign, he noted the need to prepare for possible threats from America and strengthen the country's defense capabilities.
“President Trump is trying to break us so that America can own us, but this will never happen. Canada is not America and will never be it, but we need to do more to just recognize this. We need a plan for how to cope with this new reality,” Carney said.
The prime minister emphasized that in the event of liberals, his government will spend 30.9 billion Canadian dollars (more than $ 22 billion) on defense over the next four years and will reach the target expenses of Canada for the defense of NATO in the amount of 2% of GDP by 2030, which is two years earlier than the current promises.
Most of the funds are used to strengthen the north of Canada against the threats of China. They will also be aimed at recruiting new members to the country's armed forces, salaries and housing for the military at bases, new weapons, in particular artillery systems and ground -air defense systems, as well as the development of artificial intelligence for military use.
Last year, Canada spent 1.37% of GDP on defense, which was significantly lower than the target indicator, noted the publication.
Context
On February 2, Trump said: if Canada becomes the 51st state of the United States, she will be able to have lower tariffs and the best military protection.
On March 4, 2025, 25 percent tariffs for all goods from Canada and Mexico entered into force, which the United States introduced “as part of measures to combat illegal migration and a stream of drugs across the border.”
On the same day, the then Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau noted that The United States began a trade war against Canada, and announced oncoming duties for the United States. After that Trump called Trudeau “Governor” And He threatened to double the duties of Canada.
The former head of the Central Bank of Canada, Mark Carney, elected by the Liberal Party by his new leader, said that Trump had established unreasonable duties on Canadian goods, trying to weaken the country's economy. According to him, the United States attack Canadian families, workers and business, and Canada cannot allow them to succeed. The new leader of Liberals said that Canada will retain duties in response until the Americans “show respect” to this country.
On March 11, Trump announced an increase in Canadian steel and aluminum duties to 50%, adding another 25%. On the same day White House adviser Peter Navarro in a commentary CNBC said that this event has so far been postponed.
On March 27, Carni noted that Canada and the United States completed the era of old relations, commenting on the duties introduced by Trump.
On March 28, Trump said that he had an “extremely productive” telephone conversation with Karni, but on April 15, the White House reported that the US president did not abandon the idea of turning Canada into the 51st American state.
