Minor earthquake shakes western Quebec north of Hawkesbury

What follows is the text of Canadian prime minister Mark Carney’s speech, delivered at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on January 20, 2026. It’s both a pleasure—and a duty—to be with you tonight in this pivotal moment that Canada and the world are going through Today, I want to talk about the rupture in the world order, the end of a pleasant fiction, and the beginning of a harsh reality where the large main powers of geopolitics have no constraints. On the other hand, I would like to tell you that the other countries, especially intermediate powers, like Canada, are not...