OTTAWA \u2014 Prime Minister Mark Carney will meet in Ottawa this week with Finland\u2019s President Alexander Stubb, in a visit that will mark the first official bilateral meeting between the two leaders.<\/p>\n
Carney\u2019s office says Stubb will be in Ottawa on Tuesday and Wednesday, where they will work to deepen trade and defence ties, including for critical minerals, artificial intelligence and quantum industries.<\/p>\n
\u201cCanada and Finland have an immensely strong and growing relationship across defence, technology, energy, and trade,\u201d Carney wrote in a media statement.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith shared interests, values, and a commitment to international security, I look forward to hosting President Stubb to deepen our partnership to create stability, security, and prosperity for both our peoples.\u201d<\/p>\n
The prime minister met last month with leaders of Nordic countries, including Finland\u2019s Prime Minister Petteri Orpo, where they pledged to work together to defend the Arctic and their economies.<\/p>\n
Carney\u2019s office said the country\u2019s relationship with Canada is \u201cdynamic and growing.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIn an increasingly dangerous and uncertain world, Canada is focused on what we can control: diversifying our trade, attracting investment, and deepening our ties with reliable partners,\u201d his office wrote.<\/p>\n
This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 12, 2026.<\/p>\n
Alessia Passafiume, The Canadian Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OTTAWA \u2014 Prime Minister Mark Carney will meet in Ottawa this week with Finland\u2019s President Alexander Stubb, in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":599668,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194295],"tags":[49,48,20739],"class_list":["post-599667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ottawa","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-ottawa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=599667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599667\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/599668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=599667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=599667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=599667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}