Carney's strategic invitation to the king before the Trump meeting

In his first press conference since the national elections, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney determined his priorities, including the approach to the upcoming talks with the US President Donald Trump.

His election campaign focused on Trump's tariff plans and threats to make Canada the 51st US state, which Carney said “never”.

The liberals won enough to form a minority government in the election on Monday 168 of 343 seats in the Canada House of Commons, but not the 172 necessary for a majority.

Carney's new cabinet is sworn in in the week of May 12th.

Here are three things we learned from Carney's comments:

Outside the top, Carney announced 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 told reporters who gathered in Ottawa.

Carney said he invited the king to open Canada's 45th parliament on May 27th.

This request is certainly strategic.

Carney said that the king “clearly underlines the sovereignty of our country” – an allusion to Trump's 51st state rain.

Trump also has a well -known admiration for the royal family. In February, British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starrer used his trip to the White House to present Trump a letter from King Charles, who offered to organize a second state visit.

The king is Canada's head of state and represented by governor General Mary Simon in Canada.

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 government's agenda determines the speech that was read in the Senate of Canada.

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

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

His first official visit to the White House as Prime Minister takes place in the middle of ties between the narrow allies after Trump's threatened and imposed tariffs and the repeated comments of the President to make Canada the 51st US state.

Carney said there were two sentences of questions to discuss: the immediate tariff and the broader relationship.

“My government will fight to get the best offer for Canada,” said Carney, making it clear that there would be no hurry to achieve an agreement.

He added that the high -ranking dialogue indicates the seriousness of the conversation between the leaders.

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

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

The choice of Canada emphasized the divisions in Canada to regional, demographic and political borders.

On Friday, Carney said Canada had to be united in this “unique crisis in a lifelong crisis”.

“It is time to come together to make our team Canada sweater and win it big,” he said.

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

While the Canadians voted for a robust answer to Trump, they also sent “a clear message that their living costs have to decrease and their communities have to be safe,” said Carney.

“As a prime minister, I heard these messages loudly and clearly and I will react to them with a focus and determination.”

He said he was obliged to work with others, including those in the corridor.

Under Führer Pierre Poilievre, the conservative campaign focused heavily on living costs and crime.

The conservatives finished second and formed official opposition, but Piilievre lost his own headquarters in Ottawa.

Carney said he was open to calling a special election that would make Poilievre possible to look for a different seat if this is the way the conservatives wanted to take.

“No games,” he said.

On Friday, a chosen MP in Alberta announced that he would reset his safe conservative seat so that PiLievre could run. Poilievre later confirmed that in this constituency he “to hold the government of the liberal minority”.