King Charles travels to Canada. In a short journey viewed as part of the backlash against the annexation threats from US President Donald Trump, King Charles III landed in Ottawa Monday for a historic visit to open Canada’s parliament.
Prime Minister Mark Carney met the 76-year-old monarch, who serves as Canada’s head of state within the Commonwealth, at the airport and invited him to speak at the opening of the country’s new legislature.
The governor general, who represents the British monarch in Canada, usually delivers the so-called throne speech, which outlines the government’s priorities.
During her lengthy reign, Queen Elizabeth II, the late mother of the monarch, only gave two throne speeches in Canada: in 1957 and 1977.
During his first trip to Canada since his coronation, Charles has remained silent about Trump’s constant attempts to make Canada the 51st state in the union.
However, we will closely monitor any remarks he makes regarding trade and Canadian sovereignty.
Although he has halted some of them until discussions, Trump has imposed tariffs on Canadian imports, including sector-specific charges on steel, aluminium, and automobiles, which have rattled the Canadian economy.
Charles will travel to Ottawa for a full day with Queen Camilla.
“To define a new economic and security relationship with the United States,” a neighbor that Carney feels Canada “can no longer trust,” is the task assigned to his freshly elected government.
He has pledged to increase domestic trade and establish stronger economic ties with partners abroad in order to reduce dependency on trade with the United States.
Charles’s address will describe the government’s strategy to strengthen Canada and forge new connections, Carney announced Monday.
“This historic honour matches the weight of our times,” he stated in a statement.
According to the government, the visit was “a momentous and historic occasion that underscores Canada’s identity and sovereignty as a constitutional monarchy.”
During Carney’s visit to the Oval Office earlier this month, Trump kept bringing up his thoughts on annexation and insisted that it would be a “wonderful marriage.”
Carney refused to back down, declaring that Canada was “never for sale.”
Ambassador Pete Hoekstra, Trump’s representative to Canada, rejected the idea that inviting Charles to open parliament was a useful tactic to convey his views on annexation.
“There are simpler ways to convey messages if they need to be communicated.” Make sure to call me. Last week, Carney told the national network CBC that he may phone the president at any time.
According to Hoekstra, the annexation matter is “over.”
“Go ahead. The Canadians are free to continue discussing it if they so choose.
