OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney was counselled to push back during an April call with Donald Trump if the U.S. president revived his complaints about border security, fentanyl from Canada or low defence spending, a newly released memo shows.

Federal officials prepared the internal memo to guide Carney's conversation with Trump following the Liberal party's April 28 election victory.

A concise Canadian summary of the April 29 call, released that day, says Trump congratulated Carney and that the leaders agreed on the importance of working together — as independent, sovereign nations — for their mutual betterment.

"To that end, the leaders agreed to meet in person in the near future," reads Canada's official readout from the meeting.

The memo drafted for Carney, obtained by The Canadi

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