Mark Carney says he’s not ready to join France in declaring a Palestinian state

By: The Canadian Press Posted: 3:54 PM CDT Thursday, Apr. 10, 2025

BRAMPTON - Liberal Leader Mark Carney says he's not ready to follow France's example after French President Emmanuel Macron suggested Paris could recognize a Palestinian state as early as June.

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BRAMPTON - Liberal Leader Mark Carney says he's not ready to follow France's example after French President Emmanuel Macron suggested Paris could recognize a Palestinian state as early as June.

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BRAMPTON – Liberal Leader Mark Carney says he’s not ready to follow France’s example after French President Emmanuel Macron suggested Paris could recognize a Palestinian state as early as June.

Carney says if he wins the election later this month, his government will support a “two-state solution” with a “free and viable Palestinian state living in peace and security alongside an Israeli state which lives in peace and security.”

But he says those conditions “unfortunately” do not exist at the moment.

Liberal Leader Mark Carney leaves following an announcement at Sheridan College in Brampton, Ont., on Thursday, April 10, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Carney made the remarks at a press conference Thursday as his election campaign tour passed through Brampton, Ont.

France is an influential Western voice on the international stage — one of five permanent members of the UN Security Council — and has long supported a two-state solution following a negotiated settlement.

Carney says the question of whether the situation in Palestine constitutes a “genocide” is still in front of the International Court of Justice and he will “never” politicize the word genocide or the war in Gaza.