Mark Carney's strategic invite to King Charles ahead of Donald Trump meeting

In his first news conference since the federal election, the PM laid out his approach to talks with his US counterpart.

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His election campaign focused on standing up to Trump's tariff plans and threats to make Canada the 51st US state, which Carney has said will "never ever" happen.

The Liberals won 168 seats out of 343 in Canada's House of Commons in Monday's election, enough to form a minority government but falling short of the 172 necessary for a majority.

Carney's new cabinet will be sworn in the week of 12 May.

Here are three things we learned from Carney's comments:

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