WARSAW — Prime Minister Mark Carney landed in Poland on Saturday, kicking off a broader mission to deepen economic and security ties with European allies.
The prime minister departed Ottawa in the early morning hours for a European trip that will include stops in Warsaw, Berlin and Riga, Latvia.
It is his fourth trip to Europe since taking office in March, as he moves to align Canada closer with Europe while the relationship sours with the United States under President Donald Trump.
Carney said on Friday that Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson, Defence Minister David McGuinty and Industry Minister Mélanie Joly will join him on the tour.
Just days after being sworn in last winter, he flew to France and the United Kingdom, where he called Canada the “most European of non-European nat