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Terry Glavin: Carney’s global quest for photo ops comes with crippling compromises

Why has Canada signed a security MOU with Qatar?

That’s Canada’s trade policy for you.

It’s a peculiar axiomatic reality of Canadian public opinion. Whenever the popular loathing of United States President Donald Trump is inflamed, Prime Minister Mark Carney’s approval ratings either solidify or rise. While President Trump’s belligerent tariff manipulations alienate America’s friends and allies around the world, Carney can be found posing with yet another head of state at the signing of some shiny new free trade arrangement.

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