Carney talks Stephen Harper and Donald Trump; why a ‘unique alliance’ with EU might be unlikely; and more

Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks during the second day of the inaugural Canada Investment Summit in Toronto on September 15, 2026. Photo by Valerie Macon/AFP via Getty Images

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It’s Tuesday, September 15. Here are the top stories we’re following today.

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Mark Carney says he’s ‘pleased’ with Stephen Harper’s support during investor summit

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Carney said former prime minister Harper is well positioned in the global investment landscape. “He’s influential with a number of investors and businesses around world, and it’s helpful for Canada.” During the same interview, Carney told a story about Donald Trump giving him a “very special” present at their May 6, 2025 meeting: “He said, ‘Yeah, it’s a key to the White House. You just bring it, they’ll let you in,’” Carney recounted. “And then he says, ‘maybe they’ll shoot you.’”

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Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks at the Canada Investment Summit in Toronto on Tuesday September 15, 2026. Photo by Peter J. Thompson/National Post

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Carney eyes ‘unique alliance’ with EU, but there are legal limits to his plan

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While Mark Carney has suggested he would like a “unique alliance” between Canada and the European Union, the EU has no ready-made legal route for granting that. Theoretically, the EU could devise a new arrangement, but it would be wary of creating a precedent because any generous concession to Canada could prompt other allies outside the bloc to demand comparable treatment, says an analyst.

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Whereas federal Liberal policy normally helps Alberta’s separatists, Prime Minister Mark Carney’s popularity is having the opposite effect, according to some. Photo by Gavin Young/Postmedia

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Alberta’s separatists have a Mark Carney problem

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“If Justin Trudeau had stayed in power, I’m quite sure we would have been able to (separate),” says one committed separatist. “Because Mark Carney is trying to extend an olive branch, that’s kind of hurting our cause.”

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People gather before marching to protest Mark Carney’s Canada Investment Summit in Toronto on September 14, 2026. Photo by Nick Kozak for Postmedia News

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Tasha Kheiriddin: Canada’s leftists are out for revenge

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On Monday night, hundreds of protesters marched to where Mark Carney was hosting some of the world’s wealthiest investors. “The demonstration reunited an old-school coalition of labour unions, Indigenous activists, environmentalists, housing advocates and anti-war groups,” Kheiriddin writes. She adds that Carney “may have given the NDP a boost — or at least, a foil” as there are signs that new leader Avi Lewis’s farther-left message is finding an audience.

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Members of the Scots Guards march onto the forecourt of Buckingham Palace in London, England, on September 11, 2026. Photo by Ben Whitley - WPA Pool/Getty Images

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Why Canadian sourced bearskin caps worn by Buckingham Palace guards could be replaced with faux fur

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A group of 18 MPs and one peer from the Labour Party, the Lib Dems and the Green Party called on the U.K. defence minister to swap fake fur for the bearskin on the caps to “meet today’s ethical standards.” The bearskin caps, which were introduced into the British Army after the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, are each made with the pelt of one Canadian black bear.

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