Canada’s Carney Accepts Trump Offer to Join Gaza Board of Peace

An illuminated street in Gaza City, Gaza.Photographer: Ahmad Salem/Bloomberg

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By Brian Platt and Iain Marlow

January 16, 2026 at 10:47 PM UTC

Updated on

January 17, 2026 at 2:37 AM UTC

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has accepted an offer from President Donald Trump to join a so-called Board of Peace that’s intended to oversee a US peace plan for the Gaza Strip, according to a senior Canadian official.

Carney has just concluded a high-profile visit to China, where he met with President Xi Jinping and struck a deal to lower trade barriers between their two nations.