Carney Backs Greenland at WEF, Calls for Non-Compliance With ‘Great Powers’

Prime Minister Mark Carney delivers a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 20, 2026. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick

Speaking in Davos, Prime Minister Mark Carney backed Greenland and Denmark in their dispute with the United States and called for countries not to comply with major world powers, as the rules-based international order undergoes what he described as a “rupture.”

Carney delivered a foreign policy speech while attending the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Jan. 20.