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‘Get Their Act Together’: Freeland on U.S. Relationship with Others on World Stage

Freeland criticized U.S. trade threats and urged stronger global leadership to protect democracy and human rights amid rising economic tensions, before CUSMA review in July.

  • Chrystia Freeland, appearing on HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher, said Friday, `The world, especially the world's democracies, will be really much poorer if you guys don't get your act together.`
  • Fresh from her January resignation, Freeland responded to Mark Carney's last month World Economic Forum speech urging middle powers to unite amid a shifting world order.
  • On Canada’s diversification efforts, Freeland said work was underway when she was finance minister and the Trans Mountain pipeline opened in 2024, adding it reduces U.S. dependence.
  • Ahead of the CUSMA review in July, Freeland's comments come as the U.S. administration considers bilateral deals or ending CUSMA, and Trump withdrew Carney's invitation while criticizing Canada's EV deal.
  • Amid wider tensions, the U.S. has faced threats of annexation and tariffs from President Donald Trump toward Canada and Greenland, while Carney's recent EV deal with Beijing drew U.S. criticism.
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City News broke the news in Toronto, Canada on Sunday, February 8, 2026.
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