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FIRST READING: No Canadian P.M. has ever been more personally enmeshed with the U.S.

Half of Carney's daughters live there, almost his entire stock portfolio is American, and he's the first PM to never attend a Canadian university

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FIRST READING: No Canadian P.M. has ever been more personally enmeshed with the U.S. Back to video

In his address to last weekend’s Liberal convention, Prime Minister Mark Carney once again emphasized the need for Canada to rethink its dependence on the U.S.

“A good number of our historic strengths, which came from our close ties with the U.S., have become our weaknesses,” Carney said in French to the Montreal crowd.

He said that even if Canada gets over the “initial shock” of the trade war launched by U.S. President Donald Trump, it should “never forget” the lessons. “We need to take care of ourselves,” he said in French.

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