Mark Carney is new Prime Minister of Canada

NEW DELHI: Mark Carney was sworn in as prime minister of Canada and immediately after his swearing-in he said he would work with US President Donald Trump, “We respect President Trump has put some very important issues at the top of his agenda. We understand his agenda,” he told reporters after being sworn in, noting he had worked with Trump at international meetings.

The new Prime Minister of Canada Mark Carney and his government are focused on what matters most right now: creating more higher-paying jobs, building new trade relationships with reliable partners and making Canada more secure.

“Canada was built upon a union of peoples – Indigenous, French, and British. My visit to France and the United Kingdom will strengthen trade, commercial, and defence ties with two of our strongest and most reliable partners, and my visit to Nunavut will be an opportunity to bolster Canada’s Arctic sovereignty and security, and our plan to unlock the North’s full economic potential,” he said.

Carney, a former head of both the Bank of Canada and Bank of England, successfully argued his position as an outsider with a history of tackling crises meant he was the best person to take on Trump, who has repeatedly talked about annexing Canada.