After delivering what Toronto Star describes as a “hard-hitting speech that urged middle powers to form strategic new alliances to protect their interests, citizens and values” from the main stage of the World Economic Forum yesterday, Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to wrap up both his two-day stint on the high-level diplomatic circuit in Davos and the week-long tour that kicked off in Beijing last week later today.

Before boarding his flight back to Ottawa, however, he’s slated to attend two more closed-door WEF sessions, according to his office, including a lunch billed as an “informal gathering of world economic leaders.”

All indications are that he will not, however, be in the audience for the scheduled “special address” by U.S. President Donald Trump.

As the Star notes, Carney “ripped into unnamed ‘great powers’ that have abandoned the postwar system of free trade rules and other laws and institutions to claim large parts of the globe for themselves,” and although he “did not mention (Trump) or Russia’s Vladimir Putin by name,” or identify “China or any other country as an offender, (there) was little doubt which ‘great power’ (his) criticism was mainly directed at.”

Back in Canada, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre will mingle with southwestern Ontario supporters at what the local riding association is billing as an “exclusive, multi-EDA … fundraising event” featuring “food and drink, live entertainment, meaningful connections (and) open dialogue” at the Royal Ashburn Golf Club in Whitby, Ont., with fellow MPs Jamil Jivani, Jacob Mantle and Dan Muys also expected to make an appearance. (6:30 p.m.)

Meanwhile, Housing and Infrastructure Minister Gregor Robertson teams up with Quebec City Mayor Bruno Marchand, as well as his provincial counterpart, Caroline Proulx, Government Transformation Minister Joël Lightbound and local Liberal MP Caroline Desrochers to unveil fresh federal support for “infrastructure and housing.” (11 a.m.)

Also on the radar: The Parliamentary Budget Office releases a new report on the estimated cost of setting up a Domestic Verified Travellers Program. (9 a.m.)

IN THE CHAMBER

The House of Commons and the Senate are currently on hiatus. Regular parliamentary business will resume on Jan. 26, 2026.

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