Canada “stands firmly” with Greenland and Denmark, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Tuesday, after US President Donald Trump vowed his plan to take control of the autonomous Danish territory was irreversible.
“Canada stands firmly with Greenland and Denmark and fully supports their unique right to determine Greenland’s future,” Carney told the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
Carney’s address to the world’s political and financial elites also touched on themes he has addressed since entering Canadian politics last year, namely that a system of US‑led global governance will not return to a pre‑Trump normal.
Canada was one of the first countries “to hear the wake‑up call” that a fundamental change was underway, the prime minister said.
He said Canada had benefitted from an era of “American hegemony” but now had to pivot, with great powers increasingly using their economic power as leverage.
He urged middle powers, like Canada, to work together in defending a rules‑based international order.
“Middle powers must act together, because if we’re not at the table, we’re on the menu,” Carney said.
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