Canada preparing for possibility of US military action, PM tells New York Times
Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canadian authorities have spent the past year preparing for the possibility of military action by the United States, according to an interview with The New York Times.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said his government has spent the past year making preparations for the possibility of military action by the United States, according to an interview with The New York Times cited by TASS.
Carney reportedly told the newspaper that Canadian authorities had been working on contingency measures over the course of the past year, though the specific nature of those preparations was not detailed in the available report.
The remarks come amid a period of strained relations between Ottawa and Washington. Neither the full context of Carney's comments nor any response from US officials was included in the initial report.
Further details on the scope of Canada's preparations, and any accompanying diplomatic response from Washington, were not immediately available.
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