Prime Minister Mark Carney and wife Diana Fox Carney talk to Canada’s Asia Hogan-Rochester after winning silver in the Women’s Rugby World Cup at Allianz Stadium, the London suburb of Twickenham, U.K., Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
By The Canadian Press
Sep 28, 2025 | 1:00 AM
LONDON — Prime Minister Mark Carney is scheduled to return to Ottawa today after a trip to London that saw him meet with four other prime ministers and attend the Women’s Rugby World Cup final.
Carney says that his meetings with U.K, Australian, Icelandic and Spanish prime ministers on Friday is a “necessary” step in the government’s goal of lessening Canada’s economic reliance on the U.S.
While this trip did not see any new trade deals or formal announcements, Carney says that these face-to-face meetings are “crucial” to achieving Canada’s economic and defence priorities.
The Conservatives have been critical of Carney’s frequent foreign trips, saying that they aren’t generating tangible outcomes and the prime minister should be more focused on domestic issues like crime and affordability.