New York Times journalists interviewed Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney for an hour last Wednesday at the Times office in Midtown Manhattan, marking his first interview with the outlet since becoming prime minister last spring. Ten reporters and editors participated, including Joseph Kahn, Kathleen Kingsbury, Philip Pan, Matina Stevis-Gridneff, Ezra Klein, Natalie Kitroeff, David E. Sanger, Tyler Pager, Colby Smith, and Sydney Ember.

When asked about US-Canada relations and the Greenland agreement, Mark Carney declined to use Greenland as an analogue but acknowledged that elements of US negotiations over the past 18 months have impinged on Canadian sovereignty. He noted direct threats to sovereignty, both rhetorical and through proposed economic restrictions that Canada rejected.

Carney emphasized that aspects deemed "irritants" by the US, such as language rights and cultural rights, are fundamental Canadian rights and served as red lines in negotiations. He stressed Canada's position as the world's most connected economy, with free trade agreements covering 1.5 billion people, expecting to reach three billion by year-end.

He warned that the US now openly charges countries for access to its market through tariffs, investment commitments, and policy changes, moving toward issues of sovereignty that Canada will not accept.