The two were meeting on Parliament Hill as trade talks with the United States show little signs of progressing

Prime Minister Mark Carney and Premier Doug Ford met in Ottawa on Tuesday to discuss shared priorities ahead of fall legislative sessions.

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Canada, a founding partner in NATO, close ally with all the countries in attendance, defence partner in NORAD with the United States and recent signatory to the Security and Defence Partnership with Europe was not invited. Instead, Mark Carney was in Ottawa meeting with Ontario Premier Doug Ford as Ford stopped by on the way to a speech.

The Ford-Carney alliance, seemingly forged during the federal election, has continued since then, with the Prime Minister staying overnight at the Premier’s cottage during a meeting of first ministers in July in Muskoka, Ont. Liam Richards/The Canadian Press

Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu issued an order calling on the industrial relations board to end the strike and impose binding arbitration.

CHCH spoke with political analyst Keith Leslie about Prime Minister Mark Carney's meeting in Ottawa with Doug Ford on Monday.