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PM Carney: ‘Twenty-five years on, our grief has not faded – and neither has our resolve to stand against hatred and terrorism’

September 11, 2026 /

Statement by Prime Minister Carney to mark 9/11 and the National Day of Service

“Twenty-five years ago, on a clear September morning, an ordinary day became one of history’s darkest.

Nearly 3,000 people – among them 24 Canadians – were killed in the deadliest terrorist attack on American soil. Thousands were wounded. Countless more have carried the pain of that day with them ever since.

Twenty-five years on, our grief has not faded – and neither has our resolve to stand against hatred and terrorism. Today, we remember every life that was taken and those whose lives were changed forever.

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U.S. clash with Canada is Trump’s latest imperialistic embarrassment

September 11, 2026 /

Sidney Blumenthal, The Guardian:

“We’re not going to invade Greenland. We’re going to buy it,” Donald Trump reportedly told the annual black-tie dinner on 1 February of the private Alfalfa Club, an assemblage of prominent Washington figures, a number of whom he had publicly humiliated, and others he was investigating or suing. “It’s never been my intention to make Greenland the 51st state. I want to make Canada the 51st state. Greenland will be the 52nd state. Venezuela can be 53rd.” […] He went on. “So many people in the room I hate,” he said in a display of honesty. “Most of you I like,” he claimed. Then, at his peak euphoria, he flew off to Mar-a-Lago to plan his attack on Iran, which took place 27 days later.

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Demand for Canadian maple syrup surges: ‘It’s all going overseas’

September 11, 2026 /

Canadian maple syrup exports are trending upward, generating $844.2 million in 2025, up 17.2% over the previous year according to Statistics Canada.

International buyers from the Netherlands, Costa Rica, and Saudi Arabia, are using maple syrup as an alternative to processed sugars.

“People are being more concerned about what they put in their bodies,” said Chris Hutchinson, co-owner of Nova Scotia’s largest producer of maple syrup. “A big thing in Saudi Arabia is their coffee: now they want to put maple syrup in as a sweetener.”

Hutchinson said they generally see increased sales whenever Canada-U.S. trade talks are in the headlines.

Colin North, CBC News: International demand for Canadian maple syrup surges amid U.S. trade war

Infrastructure investment to ‘supercharge’ Canadian mining

September 11, 2026 /

Next week, the inaugural Canada Investment Summit will be held in Toronto to attract hundreds of billions of dollars in international investment into Canada to help cushion the blow of the continuing trade war with the U.S. The event is being led by Prime Minister Mark Carney and co-hosted by big Canadian pension funds.

In a note to clients earlier this week, Matthew Murphy, mining analyst with BMO Capital Markets, said he expects the sector to play a central role in discussions at the summit, and he addressed the key question of where capital is needed the most.

In a web panel discussion on Thursday, Mr. Murphy said significantly more investment in mining infrastructure could be enormously beneficial for the industry and reward multiple companies.

Niall McGee, writing for The Globe and Mail: Infrastructure investment needed to ‘supercharge’ Canadian mining, BMO analyst says

Frank McKenna: ‘I’ve never seen anything like this‘

September 11, 2026 /

Frank McKenna will be at next weeks’s inaugural Canada Investment Summit. As deputy chair of TD Securities and chair of Brookfield Corporation, not to mention a former premier of New Brunswick and ambassador to the U.S., he knows something about negotiating big deals. A self-described “interested observer” of the main summit, he helped arrange two of its side events – the Milken Institute’s first-ever Global Dialogues event in Canada and the Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association’s Global Growth Forum.

“It’s really the most interesting event that I’ve been part of in decades in Canada. I’ve never seen anything like this. I was just talking to a [cabinet] minister who’s got a bunch of bilateral [meetings] and things going on that I didn’t even know about. This is like a Super Bowl with hundreds of tailgate parties. At Brookfield we’ve got a dinner Tuesday night that’s got more money in the room than I knew was on the planet. I just got asked to host a dinner with the richest guy in Africa, who’s coming here.”

Be Giant: Frank McKenna on the hoopla and FOMO around the first Canada Investment Summit

Canada pledged more than $2 billion in new support for Ukraine [updated]

September 11, 2026 /

Canada pledged more than $2 billion in new support for Ukraine, including over $1 billion for defence needs, including Patriots, F-16 ammunition and joint drone production, while the two countries also signed the first document finalizing a Drone Deal.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced the package on Thursday, Sept. 10, following a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. The agreements cover Ukraine’s energy sector and a series of joint initiatives as well.

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Conservative Party leader’s best answer: he would not ‘attack my prime minister on foreign soil’

September 10, 2026 /

On his latest tour of American network talk shows in New York City, a CNBC hosts asked Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre if he believes Prime Minister Mark Carney was “acting in good faith” in the latest round of trade negotiations, which ended on Aug. 22 when Canada walked away from the table.

Poilievre said he would not “attack my prime minister on foreign soil.” When pressed to allocate blame for the breakdown in talks, he pointed out that America hit Canada with tariffs first “and everything escalated thereafter.”

The Canadian Press: Conservative Leader Poilievre in New York to pitch closer Canada-U.S. ties

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