Prime Minister Mark Carney on Tuesday said Canada would boost its military and security presence in the Arctic, a frozen and mineral-rich expanse that is of increasing interest to U.S. President Donald Trump.

Prime Minister Mark Carney said Tuesday that Ottawa will expand the Canadian Armed Forces’ presence in the Arctic and turn to Australia's over-the-horizon radar tech to monitor threats from adversaries such as China and Russia.

Mark Carney, Canada's new prime minister, chose to meet political leaders from Europe rather than U.S. President Trump in his first foreign trip on Monday. Carney, who took office Friday, was greeted warmly first in Paris by French President Emmanuel Macron and then in London with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

Canada's Mark Carney arrived at Paris's Charles de Gaulle Airport on Monday (March 17) morning for his first international trip as prime minister and subsequently visited visited Notre-Dame Cathedral of Paris.

Mark Carney, Canada’s new prime minister, broke with tradition on Monday by visiting Europe rather than the United States for his first foreign trip as the country’s leader, with his warm welcome in France and the UK standing in stark contrast to his country’s fracturing relationship with its southern neighbor.