Carney's first visit to the White House since his election comes as the U.S.-Canada trade relationship has been upended as a result of Trump's tariffs.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney told Donald Trump on Tuesday that his country will never be for sale, shutting down the U.S. president’s repeated calls to make Canada the 51st state.

“There are some places that are never for sale,” Carney said in the Oval Office.

Canada is “not for sale” and “won’t be for sale ever,” the prime minister said.

Trump replied: “Never say never.”

    • Pup BiruEnglish
      8•2 months ago

      and the important thing about the wait times: they may be annoying, but they’re never life or health threatening… triage exists

      (i assume; i’ve never used the canadian health system)

      • @Englishgrinn@lemmy.caEnglish
        4•2 months ago

        I went in for chest pains at the end of last year, I was shocked at how fast I was seen. Once they established I wasn’t dying, I had a pretty long wait but overall service was really good and I paid nothing.

        Well, not nothing, I’ve paid taxes my whole life. But I doubt I’ve paid the 6 figures amount that would’ve cost me in the US even if you add all my lifetime taxes together and during that time I still drove on roads and stuff.

        Socialized medicine isn’t just a better option, it’s the only moral choice.

        • Pup BiruEnglish
          2•2 months ago

          you’ve probably paid less for your own healthcare, and helped to pay for others’ at the same time

      • @T156@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1•2 months ago

        Basically. If someone’s been on the receiving end of improvised heart surgery, they’ll be rushed ahead in priorities. So if you’re not having anything serious, the wait may be irritating and long, but if it’s urgent, it will be shorter due to the whole actively dying bit.

          • @T156@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2•2 months ago

            I was envisioning “improvised heart surgery” as in a stabbing with a knife, as opposed to any surgical function.

            But generally, if a someone is having a medical emergency and is brought into the ER, or is having a medical emergency in the ER, they will be triaged, and put ahead of a lot of people whose care isn’t as urgent, for good reason.

        • Pup BiruEnglish
          -5•2 months ago

          socialised healthcare! where everything’s free and the wait times don’t matter!

          • @hdnsmbt@feddit.orgEnglish
            2•2 months ago

            You think medical staff has magically more resources when the funding is managed differently?

            • Pup BiruEnglish
              1•2 months ago

              i think that socialised healthcare tends to have better health outcomes and wait times are both not that bad, and at worst a minor inconvenience