Calgary’s US Consul General @foglobetrotters jo @DallasFlexhaugns to discuss US President Joe Biden’s first few months in office and the importance of a Canada/US partnersh @usconscalgaryp .
US President Biden asked Canada to increase defense spending on North American Aerospace Defense Command, while the two will try to modernize surveillance satellites and radar system in the Arctic to counter rising power of Russia and China, WSJ reported.
The decision by President Joe Biden to dispatch Blinken to Mexico and Canada for the first visits, even virtually, is part of a broader effort to turn the page from a predecessor who at times had fraught relations with both nations.
BIDEN-TRUDEAU: President Biden held his first bilateral meeting with Canada’s PM Justin Trudeau, remarking that, “My Vice President spent some time living up in Montreal in high school.”
BIDEN-TRUDEAU: President Biden held first bilateral meeting with Canada’s PM Justin Trudeau: “As leaders of major democracies, we have a responsibility to prove that democracy can still deliver for our people.”
BIDEN-TRUDEAU: President Biden held first bilateral meeting with Canada’s PM Justin Trudeau: “My Vice President spent some time living up in Montreal in high school.”
CLIMATE CHANGE: Last night, President Biden touted his shared goal with PM Justin Trudeau of net-zero emissions by 2050: “Canada and the United States are going to work in lockstep to display the seriousness of our commitment at both home and abroad.”
Seeking to turn the page on Trump's unorthodox foreign policy, President Joe Biden reiterated his commitment to the U.S.-Canada relationship during his first bilateral meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
WATCH: Seeking to turn the page on Trump's unorthodox foreign policy, President Joe Biden reiterated his commitment to the U.S.-Canada relationship during his first bilateral meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
BIDEN-TRUDEAU: Last night, President Biden touted his shared goal with Canada's PM Justin Trudeau in “rooting out systemic racism and unconscious bias from our institutions and our laws as well as our hearts.”
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In his first weeks in office, President Biden has made a flurry of international phone calls to American allies, including the leaders of Canada, Britain, France, Japan and China. But Israeli PM Netanyahu has so far not received a call.
President Biden's first foreign leader call will be with Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Friday, according to White House Press SecretaryJen Psaki. She added that Biden will be talking to a number of our allies going forward.
JUST IN: US President Joe Biden and Canada's PM Justin Trudeau agree to meet next month
JUST IN: President Biden's first phone call will be to the Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau.
Germany’s Angela Merkel, Britain’s Boris Johnson, Canada’s Justin Trudeau and India’s Narendra Modi were among world leaders to congratulate President-elect Joe Biden. There were notable exceptions.
Biden took all five of the votes cast for president in Dixville Notch, a tiny New Hampshire township along the US-Canada border that is among the first places in the country to make its presidential preference known
World leaders congratulate President-elect@JoeBiden ; Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau: “On behalf of the Government of Canada, I congratulate Joe Biden and Kamala Harris on their election as the next President and Vice President of the United States of America.” 1/
Joe Biden took all five of the votes cast for president in Dixville Notch, a tiny New Hampshire township along the US-Canada border that is among the first places in the country to make its presidential preference known.
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