Afternoon front page: Zelenskyy meets with Carney in Alberta; Poilievre talks trade in the U.S.; and more

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Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada’s military needs “millions” of drones for the modern battlefield but only has 2,000, as he signed a new deal with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to boost the country’s production and share them with Ukraine. Zelenskyy met Carney and his cabinet Thursday in Alberta to start a previously unannounced two-day visit.

“Let’s knock down those tariffs and focus on building a stronger North America for our two separate countries,” Poilievre said during an interview on CNBC. The federal Conservative leader is visiting the U.S. to promote free trade and participate in ceremonies commemorating the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Katie Telford, Trudeau’s chief of staff for the entirety of his decade-long tenure as prime minister, is his partner in the new venture. It is not known what projects or deals, if any, will be announced during the launch.

On Thursday, Patricia Leidl testified about her painful reaction to the COVID-19 vaccine and her list of resulting conditions and symptoms, many of which she says suggest neurological damage and chronic inflammation. Unlike the protesters outside the inquiry who believe the vaccine was part of a government conspiracy to limit individual rights, she says she isn’t anti-vax.

Whether she faces radical left-wing or establishment candidates in next year’s presidential election, any will “face an uphill battle to defeat her,” Russ writes. “Europeans are not insane, and can realize the futility of choosing the same option over and over without results. Their faith in the politics they were raised with is breaking with good reason.”

The couple are not alone. The head of one Canadian surrogacy agency says over 100 intended parents from Canada and other countries contacted her after their U.S. arrangements were indirectly quashed by a White House edict. With a goal of limiting so-called birthright citizenship, the president had issued an executive order that included barring American officials from issuing passports to babies carried by U.S. surrogates for international clients.

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