President Joe Biden said Friday that the United States is fortunate to have Canada as a neighbour
WHITE HELMETS ARRIVE IN CANADA – Members of the White Helmets, a volunteer search-and-rescue force that has been credited with saving lives in Syria, have arrived in Canada with their families nearly five years after the federal government promised to get them out of a Jordanian refugee camp they were unable to leave. Story11:05 a.m. – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was scheduled to welcome President Joe Biden to Parliament Hill.
11:20 a.m. – The President and Prime Minister held a meeting. At 11:45 a.m., the meeting was expected to expand into a larger meeting with, on the Canadian side, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly, Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne, International Trade Minister Mary Ng, Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson, Defence Minister Anita Anand, and Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault.
2:00 p.m. – After remarks from Mr. Trudeau, President Biden was expected to deliver a speech in the House of Commons.6:50 p.m. – The Prime Minister and Sophie Grégoire Trudeau were scheduled to host a dinner at the Canadian Aviation and Space Museum in honour of President Biden, and Ms. Biden.
*-In a separate program, First Lady Jill Biden, accompanied by Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, visited the Rideau Curling Club for an introduction to the sport of curling, and held a discussion with youth. Ms. Biden and Ms. Trudeau also visited the National Gallery of Canada to see the special exhibition Uninvited: Canadian Women Artists in the Modern Movement. They were then scheduled to go to lunch at the National Gallery, and then attend the President’s speech at the House of Commons.
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