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DAVOS \u2014 Prime Minister Mark Carney is in the Swiss ski resort town of Davos to pitch Canada as an investment destination at the World Economic Forum.<\/p>\n
Carney, who has been to the event for the world\u2019s business and political elite some 30 times, will meet with French President Emmanuel Macron, who is chairing the G7 this year.<\/p>\n
That meeting comes in between a scheduled speech and participation in various meetings at the forum, where he\u2019ll address heads of countries and corporations.<\/p>\n
Carney visited Beijing and Qatar last week, and is nearing the end of his trip focused on growing Canada\u2019s trade with nations other than the U.S.<\/p>\n
The prime minister is set to deliver a keynote talk Tuesday about the emerging new world order and Canada\u2019s plans to take a pragmatic approach to dealing with it.<\/p>\n
It comes after Carney faced mounting criticism for not speaking out on human rights while visiting with dictators.<\/p>\n
U.S. President Donald Trump is set to address the forum Wednesday as the future of Greenland \u2014 and the tariffs Trump is threatening over it \u2014 casts a shadow over the event.<\/p>\n
Trump is bringing along a cadre of cabinet ministers and White House advisers, including his inner circle on trade and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.<\/p>\n
World leaders walk around the town freely and can bump into each other by chance, but it\u2019s not clear if Trump and Carney will cross paths at all.<\/p>\n
Carney\u2019s schedule has him leaving Wednesday afternoon to head back to Canada for a cabinet retreat Thursday and Friday.<\/p>\n
The Prime Minister\u2019s Office said there is currently nothing scheduled, though that could change.<\/p>\n
Finance Minister Fran\u00e7ois-Philippe Champagne shrugged off that the two won\u2019t meet and chalked it up to difficulty with scheduling logistics.<\/p>\n
Also at the forum this week is former prime minister Justin Trudeau and his partner, Katy Perry.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n