Politics · 2026-11-02 · Morning briefing
Canada and EU launch new alliance with Ukraine and AI pacts
Canada and the European Union have launched a new partnership, the 'Alliance for the Future', aimed at hedging against geopolitical unpredictability and the 'weaponization of trade'. The pact was unveiled at a summit in Montreal by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
The agreement includes several concrete measures. Canada will contribute to a €90bn European support loan for Ukraine. To lessen reliance on American technology giants, Ottawa will also take a C$1.6bn stake in the Canadian AI firm Cohere, which is planning a merger with Germany’s Aleph Alpha, and will join Europe's supercomputing network.
While European Council President Antonio Costa praised Canada as 'the most European of the non-European countries', the summit highlighted domestic friction. The premier of Quebec, Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, whose separatist Parti Québécois recently formed a minority government, boycotted the event after Ottawa refused to grant him a public speaking role.
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- Canada and EU launch Alliance for the Future: How it will help Ukraine
- Joint Statement: Canada and the European Union Building Together an Alliance for the Future
- Canada, EU commit to ‘ever-closer association’ to deepen economic, technology and security ties
- EU, Canada Build Alliance for Future
- EU considers associate membership status for Canada
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