Announcement from the White House
December 28th, 2015
President Obama and the First Lady will welcome Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada and his wife, Sophie Grégoire-Trudeau, to the White House for an Official Visit with a State Dinner on Thursday, March 10, 2016.
President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and their wives have a March date at the White House
The visit will be an opportunity for the United States and Canada to deepen their bilateral relationship, which is one of the closest and most extensive in the world and is based on a shared history, common values, and a vast and intricate network of cultural, familial, and commercial ties.
The visit also is intended to advance cooperation on important bilateral and multilateral issues, such as energy and climate change, security, and the economy.
(Niagara At Large Footnote – This will be the first tate dinner U.S. President Barack Obama is hosting for a Canadian Prime Minister in the seven years of his presidency. For better or worse, things have reportedly been frosty between Obama and former Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper. So we shall see how this goes, although Obama will have less than 11 months left in the White House by the time this state dinner with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his wife take place.
What should be of concern for people in both countries who hope for a productive binational relationship is who will take Obama’s place – a Democrat like Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders or a Republican like Donald Trump or Ted Cruz)
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Let’s hope our PM has already refused to ratify the TPP by that date.
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Common values? Ummm, not so much. Guns, health care, immigration, etc.
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