Morning Update: Carney’s trade missions hit a few snags

Danielle Groen Published YesterdayUpdated 3 hours ago Save for laterPlease log in to bookmark this story. Log InCreate Free Account Good morning. Mark Carney’s trade promises are running up against stubborn provinces and an even stubborner Donald Trump – more on that below, along with Canada’s new Governor-General and Pierre Poilievre’s call for national unity. But first: Today’s headlines Ottawa is planning a social media ban for children under 16 A new study says fatal clashes involving police are on the rise, though criminal charges are rare Iran and Israel halt their attacks after Trump demands an end to the strikes Morning Update: Reading this online? Start your morning with context and insight on the day's biggest stories, in your inbox every weekday. Open this photo in gallery: Prime Minister Mark Carney, Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum, and U. President Donald Trump speak during the draw for the 2026 FIFA Football World Cup. MANDEL NGAN/AFP/ Politics Stalled at the border As a Goldman Sachs exec, a central banker and now the Prime Minister, Mark Carney has squared up against various crises with a straightforward mantra: “A plan beats no plan,” he loves to say. So in the year-plus since his Liberals won the federal election, Carney has announced all manner of plans. Ottawa would deliver new foreign trade deals, double the rate of home construction, build serious infrastructure projects, boost military spending, reduce immigration targets, push through a middle-class tax cut and dismantle internal trade barriers to grow a sluggish economy – some of it . Well, he got the tax cut, the reined-in immigration numbers and the turbo-charged defence budget. But many Carney pledges are very much a work in progress. National housing starts aren’t remotely on track to hit 500,000 a year by 2035 – instead, the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation expects 247,000 starts this year, dropping to 223,000 in 2027, then 216,000 the year after that. And while Ottawa is currently evaluating 15 major projects to fast track, none have moved to the construction stage yet. Since it can be tricky to stay on top of these plans, The Globe put together a status report on Carney’s main promises and will be checking in periodically to much headway he’s made. There are 16 different areas to monitor, but let’s zero in here on three of the biggies: U. S., foreign and interprovincial trade. S. trade The promise: Get the tariff-happy Trump administration to ditch its protectionist levies and renew the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.