Posted on 12/27/2024 2:03:44 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
TORONTO (AP) — Two top Canadian Cabinet ministers are visiting Palm Beach to talk border security and trade with the incoming Donald Trump administration as Trump threatens tariffs on all Canadian products.
New Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc and Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly will be in Palm Beach, Florida on Thursday for the talks this week, said Jean-Sébastien Comeau, a spokesman for LeBlanc.
LeBlanc said last week he would meet with Tom Homan, Trump’s incoming “border czar,” after Christmas to discuss Canada’s plan to secure the border as part of a bid to avoid the sweeping tariffs.
Comeau said LeBlanc and Joly “look forward to building on the discussions that took place when the Prime Minister met with President Trump at Mar-a-Lago last month, as well as the positive call the Ministers held with Mr. Tom Homan earlier this month.”
“The Ministers intend to focus on Canada’s efforts to combat fentanyl trafficking and illegal migration and the measures outlined in Canada’s Border Plan, as well as the negative impacts that the imposition of 25% tariffs on Canadian goods would have on both Canada and the United States,” Comeau added in a statement.
The Trump transition team did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment.
Trump keeps calling embattled Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau the governor of the 51st state and has threatened to impose sweeping tariffs if Canada does not stem what he calls a flow of migrants and drugs in the United States — even though far fewer of each cross into the U.S. from Canada than from Mexico, which Trump has also threatened.
Canada has a billion-dollar plan to increase security at the border. LeBlanc last week he discussed parts...
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Two grifting Canadian bastards flocking to Florida to escape the freezing hell that is Canada is not news. Lol.
All kidding aside, it is about time the smug Canadian government is humiliated. Canada has devolved into a parasitic tick on an elephant’s arse.
Great post.
Trudeau’s approval ratings are as low as The Big Guy’s so they’re clearly there to save their a$$es.
I heard that most of the arrested terrorists crossed from Canada
We know absolutely that Trudeau is on the way out...so these dudes are representing ????
Tell those hosers to straighten up. And exile Neil Young, who I hear is known locally as the Town Drunk.
It appears the rest of the WORLD sees the Clown Show is over and are now getting down to serious business.
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