Carney to address European Parliament as Canada deepens ties after break with Trump

On 27 August 2026, Canadian PM Carney was set to address the European Parliament as Canada deepens ties with Europe after its break with Trump. Trump moved to rename Lake Ontario “Lake America,” and Carney rejected it, saying Canadians will call it Lake Ontario “then, now and always.” A Canadian mayor said, “I don’t have time for silly name games.”

Lutnick blamed Carney and politics for the collapse of US-Canada trade talks, saying Carney abandoned the deal out of political self-interest. Canada’s Conservatives pushed back on Carney’s economic war with America, and an opinion piece in Western Standard argued he is fumbling the CUSMA review. Separately, Canada hired 48 top US-based academics, including scholars from Harvard and other leading universities.