UAE, Canada build partnership for uncertain decade

“UAE, Canada build partnership for uncertain decade”

When Prime Minister Mark Carney visited Abu Dhabi last November, he said Canada and the UAE might look as different as snow and sand, yet are deeply aligned. Eleven months later, that line reads less like diplomatic courtesy and more like a forecast. This week, Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, made the first visit by an Emirati crown prince to Ottawa. The two countries signed a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, a modernised defence…