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Exclusive — Secretary Scott Bessent on Canada: PM Carney 'Needs to Stop Campaigning, Start Governing'; 'They Wanted the Benefits of Being a State Without Being a State'
Tuesday, September 8, 2026
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stated at a Breitbart event in Washington on Tuesday that Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney "needs to stop campaigning and start governing." Bessent said Carney rose to power on an anti-Trump platform. Bessent also said Canada "wanted the benefits of being a state without being a state."
