Prime Minister Mark Carney attends Vancouver Pride parade after meeting with premier
Carney met with Vancouver Fraser Port Authority president and CEO Peter Xotta and DP World Canada chief operating officer Joel Werner in the morning, briefly appearing at a photo op with the two executives after pacing the port facility as a large container ship loomed above.
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Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account Friday came and went and there was no trade deal with Donald Trump. Mark Carney's point man on Canada-U.S. relations, Dominic LeBlanc left Washington for Moncton, New Brunswick, a clear sign that talks were not continuing in a serious way. The Americans don't take weekends off if things are going well. Last weekend, Trump was announcing a trade deal with the European Union from his golf course in Scotland, while his top trade negotiator Jamieson Greer was in Sweden for talks with China. This past week in Washington, Canadian officials may have been in the American capital, but they weren't meeting with top American officials. People like Greer were busy elsewhere and we were relegated. Meanwhile, Carney couldn't get Trump to return his phone call. Your noon-hour look at what's happening in Toronto and beyond. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. 'We haven't spoken to Canada today. He's called and we'll see,' Trump said last Thursday when asked about talks with Canada. On Sunday, LeBlanc told CBS's Face the Nation that Carney still hadn't spoken with Trump, but he expected they would in the coming days. This is really bad for Carney, both in terms of what it means economically for Canada but also compared to what he promised voters. 'I know the president, I've dealt with the president in the past in my previous roles when he was in his first term, and I know how to negotiate,' Carney said during the Liberal leadership race that made him PM. 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Prime Minister Mark Carney's B.C. visit expected to continue Monday in Nanaimo area
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