‘Maybe they’ll shoot you’: Carney recalls Trump’s joke on Canada-US ties

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has pitched Canada as a destination for global investment while seeking to reduce the country's economic dependence on the United States, even as he stressed that Washington will remain a key partner.Speaking at the Canada Investment Summit in Toronto on Tuesday, Carney said his government aims to catalyse C$1 trillion in investment in Canada over the next five years, targeting sectors including energy, transportation, data, defence and critical minerals.Carney said Canada was building greater economic resilience and expanding partnerships abroad as the global economic environment changes."We are catalysing one trillion dollars of investment to build a more resilient, competitive and sovereign economy," he said.Carney also recalled an anecdote from his visit to the White House last year, when US President Donald Trump gave him a key to the building and told him he could use it to enter."Maybe they'll shoot you," Carney recalled Trump saying,…