Canada and France pledge closer ties on energy, climate and strategic autonomy

  • Emmanuel Macron and Mark Carney agreed to deepen cooperation in defense, energy and strategic sectors.
  • Aldoria signed Friday to supply space-surveillance data to Canada's Armed Forces Space Division.
  • Leaders agreed to address energy challenges at a G7 meeting under French leadership.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and French President Emmanuel Macron agreed to deepen cooperation in defense, space, energy, critical minerals, artificial intelligence and other strategic sectors during a summit in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon. The visit marked the first official trip by a Canadian prime minister to the French archipelago, where Macron also sought to turn the page on a 1992 maritime-border arbitration that restricted the territory's waters. The leaders backed shared space infrastructure and an Aldoria contract to provide space-surveillance data to Canada's Armed Forces Space Division. They also began discussions on Canadian liquefied natural gas projects that could support European energy security, while planning G7 talks on immediate energy pressures. France and Canada separately reinforced regional, business, polar-research and climate cooperation. Macron maintained French support for closer Canada-European Union ties, including proposed associate membership, despite obstacles to ratifying the EU-Canada trade agreement.

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