OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney and Ontario Premier Doug Ford sat down together in Ottawa on Monday morning, where trade with the U.S. is high on the agenda.
On his way into the meeting, Carney told reporters the pair will focus on aspects of the Canadian economy that "we can control."
"We'll talk about the housing sector, we'll talk about steel, auto, new sectors of the economy (like) artificial intelligence, what we're doing in terms of making Canada competitive," Carney said.
Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc was also on Parliament Hill Monday morning. Carney said he was set to provide an update about the status of trade talks with the Americans.
Ford is in Ottawa for the Association of Municipalities of Ontario conference, which runs until Wednesday.
Ford has said he plans to urge the prime minister to lower taxes to stimulate the economy in the face of American tariffs.
Canada and the U.S. have thus far failed to reach a new economic and security deal that Carney and U.S. President Donald Trump have been working on since May.
Trump has been preoccupied in recent weeks trying to broker an end to the Russia-Ukraine war. On Monday he is set to hold a series of meetings at the White House with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, several European leaders and NATO's secretary-general.
Carney is not attending those meetings.
— With files from Catherine Morrison in Ottawa and Allison Jones in Toronto
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 18, 2025.
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