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Mark Carney says Canada will "never" become part of the US in his first speech as the country's prime minister

The new PM, who is facing a stand off with Donald Trump over an escalating trade war, says he "expects respect" from America and calls US Secretary of State Marco Rubio's latest comments on a 51st state "crazy"

Carney says he will visit France and the UK on his first overseas trip in the job, adding that he currently has "no plans" to meet Trump but "looks forward" to speaking to him

Asked about when a general election can be expected in Canada, the PM declines to say when it will be called, joking that Canadians can expect to vote before November. The election must be held before October

Canada will 'never' be part of US, says Carney in first speech as PM

Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly wrapped up the G7 meeting in La Malbaie, Que., on Friday with a stern message for U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio: hands off our country.

"What I said to the secretary is Canada's sovereignty is not up to debate, period," she said at the closing press conference of the G7 foreign ministers meeting.

"There's no argument, there's no conversation about it, there's no need to talk about it," she said. "You're here, you respect us, you respect our sovereignty, you're in our country, you respect our people. Period."

Joly made the remarks a day after U.S. President Donald Trump repeated his call for Canada to join the United States, saying his country does not need anything Canada has to sell.

Joly said her counterparts in the G7 arrived in Canada for the summit with the impression that Trump's talk of Canada becoming the 51st state was something to be "taken in a humorous way," but she quickly set them straight.

"I said to them this is not a joke. Canadians are anxious. Canadians are proud people and you are here in a sovereign country and so therefore we don't expect this to be even discussed, or clearly not laughed at," she said.

Joly said Canada was created "because we didn't want to be part of the United States," but also because we wanted to be closer to each other than we are to the Americans.

Joly tells Marco Rubio 'Canada's sovereignty is not up to debate, period' | CBC News

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