Carney’s strategic invitation to King before the Trump meeting

At his first press conference after the federal elections, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney presented his priorities, including how he would approach upcoming negotiations with US President Donald Trump.

His election campaign focused on straightening Trump’s tariff plans and threats to turn Canada into the 51st US state, which Carney said “never” never happens.

The Liberals won 168 seats out of 343 in the Canada House of Medicine at Monday elections, enough to form a minority government, but do not reach the 172 needed for the majority.

Carney’s new cabinet will be sworn in during the week of May 12.

Here are some of what we learned from Carney’s Friday press conference:

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

“It is a historical honor that corresponds to the gravity of our time,” he told reporters gathered in Ottawa.

Carney says he has invited the King to officially open the 45th Parliament of Canada on May 27.

This request is certainly strategic.

Carney said the visit of the King “clearly emphasizes the sovereignty of our country” – nods of Trump’s 51 remarks.

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

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

After the election, the new parliamentary session is usually opened by the Governor General, who reads the speech from the throne on behalf of the Prime Minister. The speech read in the Senate of Canada determines the government’s agenda.

Although not an unprecedented speech of the throne is read by the head of state, The last time it 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, only a week after the federal elections.

His first official visit to the White House, as the Prime Minister comes against the backdrop of destroyed ties between the nearby allies as a result of Trump’s endangered and imposed tariffs, as well as the President’s repeated comments on the 51st country in the United States.

Carney said there are two groups of questions to be discussed: immediate tariffs and wider relationships.

“My government will fight to achieve the best deal for Canada,” Carney said, making it clear that he would not rush to secure an agreement.

He added that the high -level dialogue shows the seriousness of the conversation between the leaders.

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

He also said he would strengthen relations with “reliable” trading partners by pointing to the latest conversations he had made with world leaders in Europe and Asia.

The elections in Canada emphasized the divisions in Canada, by regional, demographic and political lines.

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

“It’s time to get together with our Canada Canada sweaters and win big,” he said.

He suggested olive branches to both Canadians who did not vote for his Liberal Party and their political rivals.

As the Canadians voted for a stable response to Trump, they also sent “a clear message that their costs should reduce and their communities need to be safe,” Carney said.

“As a Prime Minister, I heard these messages strongly and clearly and will act on them with focus and determination.”

He said he was committed to working with others, including those along the path.

According to leader Pierre Polyver, the conservative campaign focuses strongly on the cost of living issues and crime.

The Conservatives came second, forming an official opposition, but Polyver lost his own place in the Ottawa area.

Carney said she was open to calling special choices that would allow Poilievre to look for another place if it was the path that the Conservatives wanted to take.

“No games,” he said.