Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney don consider di remote possibility say US military fit take action against Canada, according to interview with The New York Times.
Carney tell di Times say him administration don carefully examine di ‘extreme tail risk’ scenario where US go take military action against him country, and dem prepare accordingly, but e no give more detail.
‘I think you get responsibility in these roles to look at extreme tail risk,’ Carney tell di Times. ‘Dat na just risk management. Dat no be base case, but e go irresponsible if you no prepare.’
Tensions between di neighbouring countries don flare under US President Donald Trump. Any conflict likely go highly imbalanced.
US military get more than 2 million active-duty and reserve troops, while Canada get fewer than 200,000, according to dia governments.
Similarly, as of 2024, US bin get 65 military submarines, compared to Canada own four.
Canada though get di longest coastline for di world and e close to Arctic, two circumstances wey don make Carney boost defence spending since he take office.
Meanwhile, Trump don frequently talk about Canada as di ’51st state’. He also start trade war with am wey deepen last month as di two countries begin exchange tit-for-tat tariffs on a number of products.
Even since then, Carney tell di Times say he dey speak with Trump ‘frequently’.
‘From my perspective, we get good relationship in di sense say we can pick up di phone and talk to each other about issues,’ he tell di outlet. ‘He direct. I direct in terms of where positions dey. E dey much more efficient dat way, and so you know dat dey exist and dat go continue to exist.’
Carney say he believe say there still dey path to resume trade negotiations with US. Returning to dia amicable ties go beneficial for both countries, he talk.
