Carney Proposes Canada-Australia Strategic Cooperation Agenda

Mark Carney, addressing the federal parliament with both houses sitting, urged Canada and Australia to deepen middle-power cooperation to shape a new international order, naming five priority areas: critical minerals, defence, artificial intelligence, trade and capital. He noted new critical-minerals agreements signed Thursday and outlined initiatives including trilateral AI cooperation with India, defence technology partnerships, and plans to modernize bilateral tax and investment treaties.