Tory MP Jivani Says Trump Gave Him a Message for Canadians
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Conservative MP Jamil Jivani says he met with White House officials on Feb. 4, and that U.S. President Donald Trump asked him to pass along a message to Canadians: “Tell the Canadians I love them.”
Jivani, who is a close friend and former university roommate of U.S. Vice-President JD Vance, had said a day before that he is travelling to Washington to help improve Canada-U.S. relations and advance trade talks, including on the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA/CUSMA).
“Productive meetings today with the White House and State Department,” Jivani said on social media on Feb. 4. “More meetings with Senators, GM, and others this week.”
Jivani told the American outlet Semafor that he held unofficial meetings with Vance and his wife Usha Vance, as well as with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Feb. 4.
Jivani had said on Feb. 3 that helping Canada in trade relations with the United States is “not a partisan” issue, a sentiment in line with the Conservatives’ declared position that they want to help the Liberal government in trade talks.
“CUSMA and trade with the United States is so important to the Canadian economy and to our future as an independent, self-reliant nation that Conservatives and Liberals don’t need to fight over this at all. In fact, we need to work together,” Jivani said. Continue…