By Kelly Geraldine Malone Prime Minister Mark Carney pledged $82 million over five years to bolster ocean monitoring as he continued his support for international collaboration at the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday. “Canada is an ocean nation,” Carney said. Carney’s emerging role as a key global champion of alliances and multilateralism has made him a frequent target of U.S. President Donald Trump. Earlier Wednesday, the president claimed on social media that Canada is “destroying itself” by allowing millions of people into the country “essentially unchecked and unvetted.” Trump provided no evidence for these claims but called it a “Liberal takeover that will end very badly.” Carney and Trump did not meet when they both attended the 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly this week. It was…
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