Carney’s strategic invitation for King for the Trump meeting

In his first press conference since the federal elections, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has set his priorities, including how he will approach upcoming conversations with US President Donald Trump.

His election campaign was aimed at emerging Trump’s tariff plans and threats to make Canada the 51st US state, of which Carney said it will “never” happen.

The liberals won 168 seats from 343 in the Canadian Lower House in Monday’s elections, enough to form a minority government, but fall short of the 172 needed for a majority.

Carney’s new cupboard is sworn in the week of May 12.

Here is a part of what we have learned from Carney’s Friday news conference:

Carney announced from the top an upcoming visit to King Charles III and Queen Camilla, who will visit Canada later this month.

“This is a historical honor that corresponds to the weight of our time,” he said reporters collected in Ottawa.

Carney says he had invited the king to formally open the 45th Parliament of Canada on 27 May.

That request is certainly strategic.

Carney said that the king’s visit “clearly underlines the sovereignty of our country” – a nod to the 51st state remarks of Trump.

Trump also has a well -known admiration for the royal family. In February, British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer used his journey to the White House to present Trump with the invitation letter of King Charles.

The king is the head of state of Canada and is represented in Canada by Governor General Mary Simon.

After an election, the new parliamentary session is usually opened by the Governor General, who reads the speech of the throne on behalf of the prime minister. The speech, read in the Senate of Canada, describes the government’s agenda.

Although it is not unprecedented that the Throne State is read by the head of state, The last time this happened in October 1977 When Queen Elizabeth II read the speech for the second time. The first was in 1957.

Carney will visit the White House on Tuesday, barely a week after the federal elections.

His first official visit to the White House as Prime Minister comes in the midst of frayed ties between the narrow allies after the endangered and imposed rates of Trump, as well as the repeated remarks of the president about making Canada the 51st US state.

Carney said there are two sets of problems to discuss: the immediate rates and the wider relationship.

“My government will fight to get the best deal for Canada,” said Carney, so it was clear that there would be no hurry to secure an agreement.

He added that the dialogue at a high level indicates the severity of the conversation between the leaders.

He said he expects “difficult but constructive” discussions with the president.

He also said that he would strengthen the relationship with “reliable” trading partners, pointing to recent conversations he has had with world leaders in Europe and Asia.

The Canada election emphasized division in Canada, past regional, demographic and political lines.

On Friday, Carney said that Canada should be united in this “once in a lifelong crisis”.

“It is time to come together on our sweaters from Team Canada and Win Groot,” he said.

He offered olive branches both to Canadians who did not vote for his liberal party and his political rivals.

While Canadians voted for a robust response to Trump, they also sent “a clear message that their costs of living should fall and their communities should be safe,” said Carney.

“As Prime Minister, I have heard these messages loudly and clearly and I will act with focus and determination.”

He said he was dedicated to work with others, including that in the aisle.

Under leader Pierre Poilievre, the conservative campaign was strongly focused on the costs of living and crime.

The conservatives came in second place and formed official opposition, but Poilievre lost its own chair in Ottawa area.

Carney said he is open to calling a special election that would enable Poilievre to find another chair if that is the path that the conservatives wanted to follow.

“No games,” he said.