‘Canada doesn't live because of US, it thrives because we are Canadian’: Carney responds to Trump

Key Highlights

• Carney's comments on Thursday followed his speech at the forum of political and financial elites in Davos, Switzerland, where he won a standing ovation for his frank assessment of a "rupture" in the US-led, rules-based global order.
• That speech on Tuesday, which made world headlines, was widely viewed as a reference to Trump's disruptive influence on international affairs, although he was not mentioned by name.
• Also Read | ‘Rupture, not a transition’: Canadian PM targets US-led system in hard-hitting Davos address Carney told Davos that middle powers like Canada who had prospered through the era of an "American hegemon" needed to realize that a new reality had set in, and that "compliance" would not shelter them from major power aggression.
• Trump took umbrage, and taunted Carney during his own speech a day later.
• "I watched your prime minister yesterday.