Federal ministers meet to discuss Trump’s return

(Ottawa) A group of federal ministers meets behind closed doors Friday morning to work on Canada’s strategy in the face of the arrival of the Trump administration.

A recently revived ministerial committee on Canada-U.S. relations, made up of senior ministers, is meeting for the first time since Donald Trump left office in early 2021.

Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, who chairs the committee, is expected to answer questions from the media later today on Parliament Hill.

Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly told reporters before the meeting that Ottawa already had a plan and the government would now look to implement it.

The unstable president-elect campaigned on imposing sweeping tariffs on U.S. imports and deporting millions of illegal immigrants.

That has fueled fears that his tenure in the White House could deal a blow to the Canadian economy and cause a sudden influx of migrants at the border.