Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said he expects to conclude negotiations with the European Union in June, according to an ABC News wire report. The talks concern a partnership that would make Canada the bloc's first "associate member."
ABC News reported that the partnership would be unprecedented, with Canada as the first country to hold that status within the European Union. The report's summary does not describe how the status would work in practice.
Carney's remarks were reported as an expectation about timing rather than as a concluded agreement, so the talks were described as still under way. The wording indicates that the June timeline is his forecast, not an event that has already occurred.
The report, as summarized, does not describe the terms of the proposed partnership, the positions of either government, or the reasons for the June timeline. It also does not say which year June refers to.
No statement from European Union officials appears in the report as summarized, and no other outlet's account was available for this story. The details listed above would require further reporting, since the material available here does not contain them.
Sources: ABC News: Carney expects to conclude talks in June on making Canada EU's first associate member.