Carney Says One Negotiator After Jamil Jivani Washington Trip
Prime Minister Mark Carney said there is only “one negotiator” with the United States after jamil jivani’s latest trip to Washington. Carney’s remark put the focus on who speaks for Canada in trade dealings with the United States.
“There’s one negotiator,” Carney said, adding, “But in end they know, and we know that we’re the negotiators,” after the Conservative MP’s visit. The exchange lands in a dispute over Canada-U.S. trade negotiations, with Conservatives also meeting U.S. officials on trade.
Carney’s trade message
Carney’s comment drew a bright line around responsibility for Canada’s talks with the United States. The prime minister said the role belongs to his government, not to competing voices from the opposition.
That framing matters because Jivani’s Washington trip came before Carney’s public response. Carney used the moment to restate that the Canadian government is the side handling the negotiation.
Jamil Jivani in Washington
Jamil Jivani, a Conservative MP, made the latest trip to Washington before Carney spoke. The visit fed into a broader dispute over whether Conservative travel to the U.S. can sit alongside the government’s own trade talks.
Conservatives met U.S. officials on trade, which gave Carney a public opening to draw the line around representation. Carney’s wording left no ambiguity about which office he считает holds the mandate in talks with the United States.
Canada and the United States
The argument now centers on a practical question in Ottawa and Washington: who is carrying Canada’s message. Carney answered that directly by saying there is only one negotiator, then repeated that his government is the negotiator.
For readers tracking the trade file, the immediate next step is not another trip but the government’s own handling of the United States relationship. Carney has already made clear which side he says is speaking for Canada.
