{"id":2817,"date":"2026-09-26T13:47:40","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T13:47:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sfawbn.com\/home\/?p=2817"},"modified":"2026-09-26T13:47:41","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T13:47:41","slug":"mark-carney-says-he-has-considered-possibility-of-us-military-action-against-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sfawbn.com\/home\/2026\/09\/26\/mark-carney-says-he-has-considered-possibility-of-us-military-action-against-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Carney says he has considered possibility of US military action against Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Grace Eliza Goodwin<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/images\/ic\/320x180\/p0pcdgy1.jpg?ssl=1\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:748px;height:auto\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A military threat from US? Canadians react to Carney&#8217;s concerns<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has considered the remote possibility of US military action against Canada, according to an interview with The New York Times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Carney told the Times that his administration has carefully examined the &#8220;extreme tail risk&#8221; scenario where the US takes military action against his country, and had prepared accordingly, without providing further detail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I think you have a responsibility in these roles to look at extreme tail risk,&#8221; Carney told the Times. &#8220;That&#8217;s just risk management. That&#8217;s not a base case, but it would be irresponsible not to&#8221; prepare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tensions between the neighbouring countries have flared under US President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/crrpd1pvgkzo\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/crrpd1pvgkzo\">Why Canada is seeing its biggest military recruitment surge in 30 years<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cwyj8jjkl78o\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cwyj8jjkl78o\">On patrol with Canadian forces securing the Arctic as global threats grow<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cn4ddppz3jqo\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cn4ddppz3jqo\">Canada orders 12 submarines from Germany in largest defence deal of its kind<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Any conflict would likely be highly imbalanced. The US military has more than 2 million active-duty and reserve troops, while Canada has fewer than 200,000, according to their governments. Similarly, as of 2024, the US possessed 65 military submarines, compared to Canada&#8217;s four.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Canada, though, has the longest coastline in the world and is close to the Arctic, two circumstances that have prompted Carney to boost defence spending since he took office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/912c\/live\/1c1bc930-b855-11f1-b1d1-571ed4d7ff2c.jpg.webp?ssl=1\" alt=\"Reuters Mark Carney stands in front of a Canadian flag\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grace Eliza Goodwin Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has considered the remote possibility of US military action against Canada, according to an interview with The New York Times. 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