Overview
- President Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that Canada is no longer invited to join his Board of Peace, following public exchanges at the World Economic Forum.
- Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Davos address warned the post‑war rules‑based order is in a “rupture” and urged middle powers to act together against coercive economic tactics.
- Responding to Trump’s remark that “Canada lives because of the United States,” Carney said in Quebec City that Canada “thrives because we are Canadian.”
- Trump signed the Board of Peace charter in Davos, pitching a body originally tied to Gaza reconstruction that now has broader peace‑building aims, as several traditional Western allies declined or hesitated to join.
- Canadian officials signaled they would not pay the reported $1 billion fee for a permanent seat, and concerns grew over the board’s scope and invitees, which include figures such as Russia’s Vladimir Putin.