Western Standard - October 29, 2026


Prime Minister Mark Carney is pressed on changing politics in the U.S., Europe and Canada

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00:00:00.000 Good afternoon, Prime Minister. Willie Tamten with the Western Standard.
00:00:03.360 In bringing Canada closer to Europe, Europe itself is seeing many changes,
00:00:07.440 among which is the growth of the new right-wing political movement driven by frustration over
00:00:11.240 migration policy and frankly, perhaps even migrants themselves. How concerned are you
00:00:15.980 by the time free trade agreements expand and MOUs become fulfilled? We could be dealing with Le Pen
00:00:20.280 in France, the AFD in Germany, and overall a much different political orientation in the European
00:00:25.400 continent? Well, one of Europe's, thank you for your question, one of Europe's strengths is
00:00:32.120 democracy, freedom, core belief in the rule of law. And there will always be different governments
00:00:40.720 of different stripes in Europe. Over the course of decades, the European Union has continued to
00:00:49.920 develop and strengthen throughout and be enriched by the national democratic processes of those
00:00:59.320 countries. So that's the context. You know American politics enough that the incumbent
00:01:04.820 president is always up against the momentum in the midterms. In case Trump loses both the House
00:01:09.140 and the Senate, how do you plan to navigate the second half of his term relative to trade
00:01:12.640 negotiations? And does it get better from here in your view? And are you ready for retaliation
00:01:16.840 of Trump points the blame on you? Look, I think whether it's your first question in terms of
00:01:24.120 the cycle of European elections, American midterm elections, provincial elections in Canada,
00:01:31.760 our responsibility as government, my responsibility as prime minister is to work
00:01:35.160 with whatever government people have chosen in our counterparties, in our relations,
00:01:41.620 and we look to do that in a cooperative way. Obviously, I'm not going to speculate on the
00:01:46.200 outcome of the U.S. midterms. That outcome will be decided by Americans soon enough and
00:01:51.400 we'll move forward from there. Thank you.