While virtual, the summit itself is expected to be a “substantive, working meeting” that will last two hours and involve Trudeau and eight of his cabinet ministers, along with Biden, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and six other American cabinet members, the official confirmed. The first part of the meeting will include Trudeau, Biden and Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland and Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau from the Canadian side, the official said. There have already been signs that Biden is willing to put American interests first, even if it costs Canada. It is going to have a more difficult time growing and being prosperous internally without hardening those borders,” Momani said. And it’s never been more important, given that, although Biden is an internationalist in his foreign policy, he is an economic nationalist,” Paris said.

Source: thestar February 22, 2021 23:37 UTC