Prime Minister Mark Carney took part in a fireside chat Monday with American think tank Council on Foreign Relations on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada wants to lessen dependence on the United States rather than having to monitor Donald Trump’s TruthSocial.com or other social media to determine what new U.S. policy might affect this country.

In comments to the Council on Foreign Relations, a U.S. think tank, Mr. Carney talked about his efforts to build more economic opportunities for Canada outside of the increasingly protectionist United States.

“Canadians understand the need to, as we put it, to be masters in our own house,” Mr. Carney told the council in an interview Monday.

“The country does not want to wake

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