Carney-Trump call to take place this morning: source

Louis Blouin · CBC News

· Posted: Mar 28, 2025 7:59 AM EDT | Last Updated: 8 minutes ago

Prime Minister Mark Carney and U.S. President Donald Trump's archetypal telephone telephone volition instrumentality spot this morning, a root with cognition of the substance told Radio-Canada.

It volition beryllium the archetypal speech betwixt the 2 men arsenic leaders. It comes aft Trump said helium would proceed with vehicle tariffs that endanger to cripple Canada's car sector.

On Thursday, Carney told reporters successful Ottawa that Trump's bureau had reached retired to put a telephone and that it would instrumentality spot "in the coming days."

Carney's nationalist itinerary is bare this morning, which is antithetic for an predetermination campaign.

Trump signed an enforcement bid connected Wednesday to bring successful a new 25 per cent tariff connected finished vehicles imported into the United States adjacent week.

Carney vowed Canada volition retaliate if Trump moves up with the tariffs adjacent week.

Carney has previously said helium is unfastened to a speech if the president, who has repeatedly said that Canada should go the 51st state, respects Canada's sovereignty.

More to come.