U.S. President Joe Biden to meet with Trudeau, address Parliament today
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U.S. President Joe Biden is in Ottawa today for an official visit — a whirlwind trip that will include an address to Parliament, a meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and a gala dinner at the city's Aviation Museum.
The two-day trip, the first non-summit overnight visit by a U.S. president in nearly two decades, is a chance for Biden and Trudeau to continue their efforts to renew the bilateral relationship, which was marked by some tension in recent years.
The Trump years were a trying time for Canadian officials. But Biden's decision to cancel the Keystone XL pipeline, promote protectionist policies like Buy American and withhold some vaccine supplies were also irritants in the early days of his presidency.
Since then, there's been meaningful progress on key files: a deal to protect the NEXUS trusted traveller program and a plan to include Canadian-made vehicles in a U.S. electric vehicle tax credit program.
U.S. President Joe Biden's schedule for Friday
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And according to sources who spoke to Radio-Canada/CBC News on the condition of anonymity, there is a deal in hand that will allow Canada to close the Roxham Road site, where tens of thousands of refugee claimants have crossed the border irregularly in recent years — a political headache for Trudeau.
Diplomats on both sides of the border are hoping more deals will be announced during the visit.
Biden's entourage may suggest some details of what's to come.
Accompanying the president are: Jennifer Granholm, the energy secretary; Biden's national security adviser Jake Sullivan; Liz Sherwood-Randall, the homeland security adviser; and Secretary of State Antony Blinken, the top U.S. diplomat.
That list suggests there could be action on natural resources, the border and foreign threats.
U.S. Ambassador to Canada David Cohen has said he wants Trudeau and his cabinet to spend more on defence. The United States also want a deeper commitment from Canada to continental air defence through NORAD.
The U.S. is also eager to see Canada take a leadership role in efforts to restore order in Haiti, which has descended into chaos in recent months as gangs have tightened their grip on some parts of the Caribbean country. So far, Canada has resisted deploying troops.
Canada, in turn, wants to seal the deal on Roxham Road and secure some sort of fix to the Safe Third Country Agreement, which has allowed migrants to cross at "irregular" sites to claim asylum.
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