Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly will head to Washington next week as part of her government’s efforts to press the incoming Trump administration not to impose damaging tariffs on Canada.
The Canadian PressMinister of Foreign Affairs Melanie Joly returns to a Liberal Party caucus meeting in West Block on Parliament Hill, in Ottawa, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025. Joly will head to Washington next week to advocate that the incoming Trump administration to hold back on tariffs that would damage the Canadian economy.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Joly's office did not say exactly when she's departing or whether other ministers will accompany her, and did not name the officials she'll be meeting with in Washington. Joly said she spoke Friday morning with U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, a key Republican. She said she speaks with him"pretty much every day" and met with him in Florida in December.
She said Canada needs to be focused as it prepares to welcome Trump and other world leaders to the G7 summit in Alberta in June, adding Canada's allies are"concerned" about his administration. "The remarks that we have heard over the past few weeks are deeply concerning and, in many respects, profoundly disappointing," Blair told reporters Thursday in Germany, at a meeting of the Ukrainian Defence Contact Group.
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