Trudeau visits N.Y.C. to build momentum as Canada, U.S. team up on critical minerals

By The Canadian Press | News, US News, Politics | April 28th 2023

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau departs for Nassau, Bahamas, from Ottawa on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023. File photo by The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in New York City to pitch America's movers and shakers on the virtues of Canada as a trade and investment partner.

Experts on both sides of the border hope to hear more about how Ottawa plans to rapidly grow its critical minerals sector.

Former diplomat Louise Blais, now a senior adviser with the Business Council of Canada, says it's time to detail the plan for getting those 21st-century riches out of the ground.

Trudeau is hoping to capitalize on the momentum from what most observers say was a successful and productive visit last month from President Joe Biden.

Today, he's stopping in at Global Citizen NOW, an annual summit meeting of change-minded celebrities, activists and lawmakers.

Trudeau is also scheduled to meet with a UN task force on sustainable development and speak to the influential Council on Foreign Relations think tank.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 27, 2023.

April 28th 2023

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Seamus Conn |

Harper, as then PM, used an official visit to New York in March 2009, to have a secret meeting with none other than Rupert Murdoch owner of malignant Fox News TV channel. Bringing Kory Teneycke of the future Sun News Network along. All defunct now, but it was a close run thing.