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Canada indicates it will join Board of Peace but not pay $1B for permanent seat
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks at a press conference at the National Palace in Mexico City on September 18, 2025. (Yuri Cortez/AFP)
Canada will not pay to be on US President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace,” a government source tells AFP, after Prime Minister Mark Carney indicated he would accept an invitation to join the body.
“Canada will not pay for a seat on the board, nor has that been requested of Canada at this time,” the government source says, referring to Trump’s demand that countries pay $1 billion for a permanent spot following an initial three-year term on the board, which was initially conceived to oversee the rebuilding of Gaza.
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