National Defence Minister David McGuinty says the United States’ deal to boost its military presence in Greenland while keeping the island under Danish control is “encouraging.”
U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday he has a deal with Denmark after months of threatening to take the island by force from the NATO ally.
The office of Denmark’s prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, says the agreement will be signed by three governments next week during the United Nations General Assembly, but parliamentary action is still needed by the Danish and Greenland governments before it can be enforced.
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Speaking to reporters on Parliament Hill on Saturday, McGuinty says it’s encouraging that the U.S. and Greenland have found a way to move forward together.
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He also says Arctic nations are coming together, adding that it’s encouraging NATO allies understand that the Arctic is part of their responsibilities.
With his return to the White House last year, Trump called on Denmark to sell Greenland to the United States, and wouldn’t rule out taking the island by military force, even though Denmark is a NATO ally of the U.S.
–With files from The Associated Press
M.W
I agree with you. I hope they’re not being fooled by that lying Clown.
I think that the agreement with Denmark is a ploy to take over the Arctic. I don’t trust the Americans. Every word they say is a lie. They have never been a true friend or ally to Canada. They have never honoured a single trade agreement that we’ve had with them. NOT ONE! They can’t be trusted to keep their word. It’s bad enough that we have them on our southern and western borders. Now they will be threatening us on our northern border as well. I’ve never liked Americans and I never will.
Trump is a business man, will try to find a way to make a deal. His style is to bully people and it’s off putting but more often than not, he gets things done.
@ben, you’re hands down the dumbest commenter on here
You can trust a snake but not US. They are just land grabbers and cheaters, ask the natives in US.
@Canada 106am. How’s the weather in Moscow? You Russians are trying really hard to destroy our unity.
I don’t think Denmark should make this deal. The US can’t be trusted. They want your resources and are sneaking in under the pretense of security, just like all the other security promises, ask Ukraine. Trump sees this as an opportunity to box in Canada. They have withdrawn from every trade deal. Environment treaty, alliances and constantly tantrum that they’re pulling out of NATO which would only put into words what they have already been acting on
Don’t trust them, don’t believe them they snuck into your country and dropped off oil drilling equipment which I think you should confiscate and destroy. Soon, that security is going to say but if we determine that we need to take your minerals for security we will. Don’t do it Denmark. This is a midterm election scam and you and Canada will end up paying for it.
Canada completely surrounded by the US. Sooner or later it will devour Canada . I’m all for it. We could be the true North American powerhouse of the world. I don’t know why we all have to fight and argue when we should just be one giant.
First they bad mouth Trump, then they praise the USA for making a deal with Denmark then they have an investment summit and invite the American investors. Carney and this Liberal government need to decide which side of the fence it’s on when it comes to the USA.
With Alaska on one side and Greenland on the other and the US below Canada is pretty much surrounded but Carney thinks he has the upper hand and wants to metaphorically transplant Canada into Europe or China. Or worse transplant China into Canada. And the genius wonders why the US sees Canada as an existential threat to it national security.
Canada will be chopped up.
Canada needs its manufacturing back just like america is trying to do.
Europe cannot help us in any actual war with America. We dont border any country that could funnel weaponry to us lol .. we have like how many ports? All blocked. Russia on the top side picking off our open land and our lame “Navy”. Ukraine won’t be send rein.
The North West Paasage is open. Russia has like 45 military bases on their north corridor. Canada has…. ….. … we dont deserve something we dont protect. Post national… up for grabs.
In every situation, America would blockade us. I dont support Carney, and we wouldnt be in this situation if we decided not to be “peace keepers”.
But here we are, between two rocks.. while we are paper.
Hey bozo the clown is making g a statement. Pay attention.
Look at Venezuela Would you trust them? not I..
EXTRA EXTRA, breaking News,Canada makes defense pact with Botswana
@eurotrash, rednigs with zero brain cells, talking nonsensical nonsense
White trash inbreds making deals on land that doesn’t belong to them
encouraging????
doesn’t he know denmark and greenland just handed greenland over to donald trump?
they should have listened to carney: a deal with trump is signed in pencil.
This is Trump’s negotiating style. Instead of asking to enlarge the base, he threatened to annex Greenland. Did anyone think he was serious? That would increase his deficit budget by trillions, (even if he could convince Congress to pay for Greenland and all it’s potential assets). He got exactly what he wanted.
With Venezuela, all he wanted was their oil. The war on drugs was his smokescreen.
With Canada he threatened to make us a state. Shouted about drugs. All he wanted was access to our dairy and to tariff our goods so we would have to buy US. – Not working out well yet, but he nearly had Carney agreeing to it.
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