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1. Article · Sep 15, 2026 · Matt Gurney

   Mark Carney’s new Ukraine partnership lets Canada kill 2 birds with 1 drone deal (opens the original)

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   Matt Gurney is a Toronto-based journalist, broadcaster and freelance contributing columnist for the Star. Reach him via email: matt@readtheline.ca Canada and Ukraine are partnering to build the weapons that will be needed in future wars. It’s a fantastic idea, and something I’ve long called for. It allows both countries to play to their strengths. Canada brings relative safety from Russian attack. Ukraine brings a degree of procurement efficiency to which we can only aspire. The deal, some

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2. Article · Aug 23, 2026 · Matt Gurney

   Mark Carney should tell us more about what went wrong with Donald Trump (opens the original)

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   Mark Carney explains why Canada walked away from U.S. deal Prime Minister Mark Carney says the U.S. put forward last-minute changes to a potential trade deal that he says were unfair and uneconomic. (Aug. 22, 2026) Matt Gurney is a Toronto-based journalist, broadcaster and freelance contributing columnist for the Star. Reach him via email:Â matt@readtheline.ca When he was asked on Saturday by reporters if Canada was now in a trade war with the United States, Prime Minister Mark Carney said that

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3. Article · Aug 19, 2026 · Matt Gurney

   Mark Carney told young Canadians they’ll need to make sacrifices. These kids already did (opens the original)

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   Matt Gurney is a Toronto-based journalist, broadcaster and freelance contributing columnist for the Star. Reach him via email: matt@readtheline.ca Not quite a year ago, Mark Carney warned Canadians, particularly young Canadians, that they had to be prepared to make sacrifices for Canada. “I will always be straight about the challenges that we have to face and the choices we must make,” the prime minister said last October at the University of Ottawa. “And to be clear, we won’t transform

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4. Article · Aug 12, 2026 · Matt Gurney

   Of course Mark Carney wants to vacation in Italy. Wouldn’t you? (opens the original)

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   Matt Gurney is a Toronto-based journalist, broadcaster and freelance contributing columnist for the Star. Reach him via email: matt@readtheline.ca Only he could tell you. Maybe one day I’ll get to ask him. The thought occurred to me on Tuesday: I wonder what was the exact moment Mark Carney truly felt in his bones, for the first time, that he was the prime minister of Canada. Maybe it was when people started complaining about where he takes summer vacation. After all, that seems to be somethi

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5. Article · Jul 31, 2026 · Matt Gurney

   Mark Carney is refusing to use this strong-arm tactic against Donald Trump. Good (opens the original)

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   Matt Gurney is a Toronto-based journalist, broadcaster and freelance contributing columnist for the Star. Reach him via email: matt@readtheline.ca Prime Minister Mark Carney says he has no intention of using Canada’s oil as a weapon in our trade war with the United States. The prime minister was asked about it during a public appearance with Premier Danielle Smith in Alberta, and answered, in part: “Being a reliable supplier is important … When you’re a supplier of a key commodity, key servic

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