Carney also had a clear message to U.S. President Donald Trump: “Canada doesn’t live because of the United States. That response, the prime minister continued, was not inevitable. “Thank you for giving Quebecers an opportunity to remember who they are (and) what the prime minister, on his cloud, is stubbornly ignoring,” he continued. Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementParti Québécois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon accused Carney of falsifying history and said he would be responding to the prime minister at his party convention this weekend. Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementFinance Minister François-Philippe Champagne was in Davos with Carney earlier this week.

Source: National Post January 22, 2026 16:41 UTC