Prime Minister Mark Carney's call at the World Economic Forum for middle powers to band together against economic coercion by "great powers" is drawing both praise and pushback.

Prime Minister Mark Carney arrived in Switzerland on Monday to join the global power elite for the World Economic Forum in the ski resort town of Davos, where he's looking to drum up investment from other countries and corporations.

As part of this mission, the Prime Minister, Mark Carney, participated in the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland. The WEF Annual Meeting brings together nearly 3,000 leaders from government, business, academia, and international organisations, representing more than 130 countries.

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As President Trump continued his quest for Greenland, Prime Minister Mark Carney said great powers were unrestrained and urged medium-size countries to band together.

Read the full text of Prime Minister Mark Carney's speech about a shakeup of the global order and role of middle powers at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

States like Canada have long known the current system of international rules-based order is a “fiction,” Carney said.

Canada strongly opposed any U.S. tariffs over Trump's aim to take over Greenland.