In his first news conference since the federal election, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced a visit by King Charles and a trip to Washington.

King Charles will travel to Canada later this month and deliver the speech from the throne on May 27, it was announced Friday.

Britain's King Charles will attend Canada's state opening of parliament in Ottawa, Buckingham Palace said on Friday, in a clear show of support for the former British colony of which he is still head of state.

Carney also announced that he will travel to Washington on Tuesday to meet with Trump. When the king first took over his role in 2022, polling suggested that a majority of Canadia

In his first news conference since the federal election, the PM laid out his approach to talks with his US counterpart.

W hatever his flaws as a politician turn out to be, Mark Carney does at least possess self-awareness. “You’re supposed to campaign in poetry and govern in prose,” he said in his final campaign speech on April 27th, on the eve of the election. “As the assembled media will tell you, I campaigned in prose. So I’m going to govern in econometrics.”

Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney will meet Donald Trump in Washington on Tuesday in an effort to revive a crucial trading relationship with the US that Ottawa’s leader recently described as “over”.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says he will visit U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday