With the prospects for peace appearing as distant as ever — despite attempts by the Trump administration to broker a settlement in the war between Ukraine and Russia — Prime Minister Mark Carney on Sunday unveiled details of Canada's $2 billion in additional military aid while committing to reintroducing troops to the war-torn country in some capacity should there ever be a ceasefire.

During a surprise visit to Kyiv, Prime Minister Mark Carney did not rule out deploying Canadian troops to Ukraine as part of a future security guarantee against Russia. Carney attended Independence Day events as a guest of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy,

Ukraine would also receive more than C$1 billion (US$723 million) in military aid from a previously announced package.

Business owners in the nation's capital are reacting with guarded optimism after Prime Minister Mark Carney announced he plans to drop most of Canada's retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods starting September.

Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Friday that his country will drop some of its billions of dollars in retaliatory tariffs on US goods, though it will keep levies on autos, steel and aluminium.

Carney spoke with Trump Thursday in what the Canadian PM's office described as "a productive and wide-ranging conversation."

Canada will remove many retaliatory import tariffs on U.S. goods and intensify talks with the United States on striking a new trade and security relationship, Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Friday.