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“We are in the middle of a rupture, not a transition,” Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said in his speech in Davos on Monday. “Great powers have begun to use economic integration as a weapon, tariffs as leverage, financial infrastructure as coercion, and supply chains as vulnerabilities to be exploited.”

“You cannot live in the lie of the mutual benefit of integration, when integration becomes the source of your subordination,” Carney said, advocating for “middle powers” ​​like Canada to work together to gain leverage against “great powers,” who he said have the luxury of going it alone.

“When we negotiate only bilaterally with a hegemon, we negotiate out of weakness. We accept what is offered. We compete with each other to be the most accommodating,” Carney said. “It’s not about sovereignty. It’s the exercise of sovereignty while accepting subordination. In a world of great power rivalry, middle countries have a choice: compete with each other for favors, or come together to create an impactful third way.”

He called on other countries to join Canada in pursuing common values, supporting Ukraine, NATO and the sovereignty of Denmark and Greenland, and warned them to “stop invoking a rules-based international order as if it always works as advertised.” Call it what it is: a system of intensifying great power rivalry, where the most powerful pursue their interests, using economic integration as coercion. »

“The powerful have their power,” Carney said. “But we also have something: the ability to stop pretending, to name reality, to build strength at home and to act together. This is Canada’s path. We choose it openly and with confidence, and it is a path wide open to any country willing to follow it with us.”

His remarks drew a standing ovation.