Carney expected to meet King Charles during his first trip abroad as prime minister

Just days aft being sworn into office, Prime Minister Mark Carney volition embark connected his archetypal travel overseas successful the caller job. Carney's bureau says he'll question to Paris, past to London wherever he's expected to conscionable with King Charles lone weeks aft his predecessor, Justin Trudeau, held his ain gathering with the monarch.

On Saturday afternoon, the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) released details of Carney's trip, which besides includes a halt successful Iqaluit. The PMO said the travel is meant "to fortify 2 of our closest and longest-standing economical and information partnerships, and to reaffirm Canada's Arctic information and sovereignty."

Carney volition conscionable with French President Emmanuel Macron portion successful Paris, according to the PMO.

"With the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement arsenic the foundation, the leaders volition absorption connected their shared committedness to physique stronger economic, commercial, and defence ties," the PMO said successful a quality release.

While successful London, Carney volition conscionable with U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer. "Their discussions volition absorption connected strengthening transatlantic security, increasing the AI sector and the beardown commercialized narration betwixt Canada and the United Kingdom," the PMO said.

The 2 premier ministers volition besides "explore ways to deepen bilateral trade" done the Canada-United Kingdom Trade Continuity Agreement arsenic good arsenic the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, the PMO added.

Carney is besides expected to person an assemblage with King Charles, meaning the monarch volition person met with 2 Canadian premier ministers successful the span of astir 2 weeks.

In aboriginal March, erstwhile Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met with King Charles to discuss "matters of value to Canada and to Canadians." Their gathering came arsenic questions swirled implicit wherefore the monarch had not publically commented connected U.S. President Donald Trump's threats to annex Canada.

The PMO did not stock immoderate accusation connected what Carney volition sermon with the King.

On apical of gathering with Trudeau, King Charles has made immoderate moves to amusement solidarity with Canada against Trump's annexation talks. He wore his Canadian medals during a high-profile subject visit, planted a reddish maple histrion connected the grounds of Buckingham Palace and gave his idiosyncratic Canadian liaison in Parliament a sword. 

But Charles has not spoken publicly astir the Canada-U.S. friction. He besides created a disturbance successful precocious February by inviting Trump to Balmoral, a royal property successful Scotland. The invitation was brought to Trump by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer during a sojourn to the White House.

Carney travelling to Iqaluit

During his sojourn to Iqaluit, Carney volition conscionable with members of the Iqaluit Patrol of 1 Canadian Rangers Patrol Group — "a radical captious to Arctic stableness and security," the PMO said successful its quality release.

The premier curate volition besides conscionable with Nunavut Premier P.J. Akeeagok "to larn much astir the evolving needs and priorities of Arctic and Northern communities," the PMO said.

In aboriginal March, Akeeagok said his territory relies connected imported goods and is susceptible to the effects of a commercialized warfare with the U.S.

"It is precise unfortunate that the U.S. has brought guardant this tariff warfare connected america all," said Akeeagok successful an interrogation with CBC News astatine the time.

After Trump launched his commercialized war, the Nunavut authorities said its "actively monitoring" proviso concatenation disruptions and moving with contractors and suppliers to marque definite infrastructure projects — which are present formed into uncertainty — tin continue.