Conservative Leader Scheer heads to D.C. to promote NAFTA
by The Canadian Press
Despite heated battles with the Liberals, a party spokesperson says Andrew Scheer is heading a delegation to put up "a united front in the protection of Canadian jobs that are created by NAFTA"
Scheer beat Quebec MP and front-runner Maxime Bernier to lead the Conservative Party of Canada. PHOTO: Conservative Party/Twitter
He will lead a delegation of Tories who will meet with U.S. officials, including U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao.
Scheer’s spokesman Jake Enwright says that before trip the Tories asked the Liberal government about key messages it wanted the delegation to deliver to their American counterparts.
He says the Tories also asked the government to suggest names of stakeholders that it wanted them to meet with in Washington.
Scheer will also meet with Neil Herrington of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Sen. Lisa McCormick, former World Bank president Robert Zoellick and Canadian Ambassador David MacNaughton, and also participate in a roundtable with a Canada-U.S. business group.
He will be joined by Conservative deputy leader Lisa Raitt, parliamentary trade critic Dean Allison, agricultural critic Luc Berthold and Colin Carrie, critic for Canada-U.S. relations.
“The goal of this trip is to do our part in putting up a united front in the protection of Canadian jobs that are created by NAFTA,” Enwright said.
