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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday described Türkiye as a “vital” ally for Canada within NATO and said there is significant potential to expand bilateral relations, particularly in trade, industry and defense cooperation.
“Let me reinforce a few things in it. One is Türkiye is a vital partner in NATO, a vital partner in a very important and sometimes challenging part of the world,” Carney told reporters at a news conference in Vaughan.
Highlighting economic cooperation, Carney said there are “tremendous” opportunities to deepen commercial ties with Türkiye. He noted that he began discussions with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during the United Nations General Assembly in New York in September last year and plans to follow up.
“In addition, there is a tremendous opportunity. We have a series of opportunities to deepen our commercial relationships with Türkiye,” he said.
Carney added that cooperation could also extend to “aspects of defense cooperation and nuclear cooperation,” stressing the broader strategic scope of the relationship.
“I’ll just make the observation that since we’re here, Türkiye is one of the leaders in manufacturing globally, including advanced manufacturing,” he said, adding that there are “areas where we can partner without question.”
During the same news conference, Carney announced what he described as “a new, more ambitious sovereign path” for Canada’s auto sector, unveiling a national automotive plan that includes 2.3 billion Canadian dollars ($1.68 billion) in new purchase and lease incentives to boost adoption of zero-emission vehicles.
As part of the policy shift, the government is repealing the previous electric vehicle sales mandate and replacing it with stricter greenhouse gas emission standards for model years 2027 to 2032.
“We’re tightening by twofold our greenhouse gas emissions standards, and we’re giving the industry the flexibility on how they achieve that,” Carney said.
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