Theo Argitis: Mark Carney’s global debut
Prime Minister Mark Carney / TWITTER PHOTO
Prime Minister Mark Carney will seek to establish his bona fides as a consequential global leader when he hosts the three-day G7 summit in Kananaskis, Alberta, starting Sunday. The summit—the most significant gathering of world leaders since Donald Trump’s re-election last fall—will, on the surface, aim to build bridges. That’s what leaders typically strive to do at G7 gatherings.
But beneath the familiar choreography will lie a more jarring reality that defines Carney’s worldview and will anchor his foreign policy at this G7 and beyond. U.S. leadership is no longer a given. The global order is fracturing. And advanced democracies like Canada must recalibrate by strengthening economic and defence capacity at home and forging new alliances abroad.
Carney has wasted no time putting his ideas into practice. In just over six weeks since his election win, Carney has begun reshaping the fundamentals of Canada’s global posture with a doctrine that puts primary emphasis on national sovereignty.
