Show Notes
In this paid subscriber-only edition of The Roundtable, Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer examine Prime Minister Mark Carney's recent policy decisions, arguing they reveal a coordinated effort to fundamentally reshape Canada's relationships with the United States and Europe. They discuss the government's $1.5 billion investment in AI company Cohere, the UAE extradition treaty, stalled trade negotiations with America, and a national security strategy that names only the U.S. as a threat while ignoring China and India, suggesting these moves reflect Carney's personal vision over institutional consensus.
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