\u0027The Americans are... I don\u0027t want to be rude, but it\u0027s really maddening how high the emphasis on security is.\u0027
“The Americans are… I don’t want to be rude, but it’s really maddening how high the emphasis on security is,” he said.Ottawa police have warned the public to expect significant disruptions on Thursday and Friday with widespread road closures and warnings that those closures could change with little notice. The Canadian Armed Forces has also warned locals to expect to see fighter jets and other military aircraft overhead during the visit.
Biden is set to arrive with his wife, Jill Biden, Thursday evening at the Ottawa airport, where he will meet briefly with Governor General Mary Simon before he heads to Rideau Cottage to spend some time with the Trudeaus.Article content On Friday, he has another meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, a broader meeting with Trudeau’s cabinet, an address to Parliament, a joint press conference with Trudeau, and then a formal dinner in his honour. At some point, Biden is reportedlyDetails of the trip have been kept general — and vague. De Kerckhove said that keeping the specifics largely under wraps is by design, with confidentiality being part of the security arrangements.
“There are backup plans for every single aspect except the face-to-face with each other and of course in the speech in Parliament,” he said., as his final official foreign visit as U.S. vice president. It was a two-day trip that cost the Canadian government more than $150,000.shortly after the visit revealed that the cost was driven by the need to rent limousines and other vehicles for the visit and a dinner for approximately 350 people that cost $70,000.
There were large bills for alcohol and food for that dinner, as well as $1,600 spent on flowers and $170 for a calligrapher to decorate the page of Canada’s official guestbook signed by Biden.
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