Prime Minister Mark Carney said he is confident that Canadian oil will still be competitive after the removal of Nicolas Maduro from power in oil-rich Venezuela while Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre reiterated the urgent need for a pipeline to the Pacific Coast.

OTTAWA — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney joined European leaders in urging a swift and peaceful transition of power in Venezuela, following a military operation carried out by U.S. special forces that captured Nicolás Maduro and President Donald Trump’s subsequent announcement that the U.S. would “run” Venezuela in the interim.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford, whose province is home to much of Canada’s auto industry, is warning the Prime Minister against reducing the 100-per-cent tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles during Mark Carney’s trip to Beijing next week.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney spoke with Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado Sunday and said his government supports “a peaceful, Venezuelan-led transition of power.”

Prime Minister Mark Carney will meet with the premiers in Ottawa later this month, the start of a busy year where the mandatory review of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico-Agreement kicks into high gear.

Prime Minister Mark Carney said Ontario Liberal MP Chrystia Freeland's upcoming resignation from the House of Commons is "consistent" with her taking on a role as an unpaid economic development adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

The European stand was reinforced by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, who publicly backed Denmark's sovereignty over Greenland and warned against any challenge to established principles of territorial integrity.