Trudeau and Biden meet today, and Canada-U.S. economic ties are sure to be on the agenda. The White House has signalled a hard line on its Buy American program as Ottawa attempts to seek an exemption from it. The prime minister is also expected to ask the U.S. president for help in procuring COVID-19 vaccines.
Kady O’Malley looks ahead iniPolitics AM: “The two leaders have blocked off an hour and 45 minutes for what Canadian Press has pre-dubbed the ‘Screen-Shared Summit,’ with the first 50 minutes of conversation expected to involve a relatively small circle of participants, with Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau and Canada’s ambassador to the United States Karen Hillman joining Trudeau on the Canadian side of the call, and a similar array of key officials expected to be at the other end of the call. More Team Trudeau front benchers will join the conversation at the halfway mark … as well as a larger contingent of Am
President Joe Biden will play host to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday for the first bilateral meeting of his presidency, but he will do it virtually.
MPs Pass Motion Declaring China’s Uyghur Persecution a Genocide
Most MPs have voted in favour of declaring Beijing’s oppression of Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims in China a genocide.
In the House of Commons on Monday, a majority of MPs voted in favour of the motion, which was tabled last week by the Conservatives to officially recognize that the Chinese Communist Party’s campaign against Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities constitutes a genocide.
In a 266-0 vote, the Tories garnered the support of the Bloc Quebecois, the NDP, the Green Party, and non-cabinet Liberal MPs to press the federal government to label the CCP’s treatment of the Uyghurs a genocide.