Carney tells Trump that Canada never for sale during White House meeting – National [Video]

Prime Minister Mark Carney told U.S. President Donald Trump that Canada is “never for sale” after the president once again mused about the U.S. taking over Canada during a high-stakes White House meeting on the future of the Canada-U.S. relationship.

Carney travelled to Washington on Monday, his first foreign trip since winning a minority Liberal government in last week’s federal election, for what the prime minister has said will be the first in a series of discussions on tariffs, military cooperation and other issues.

“This is a bigger discussion,” Carney told reporters in the Oval Office. “There are much bigger forces involved, and this will take some time.”

He called Trump a “transformational president” who has similar aims as Carney to help middle-class workers, secure borders and stop the flow of fentanyl and other deadly opioids.

Trump said he wanted to see a “friendly” relationship between the two countries and that new agreements …