With President-elect Donald Trump‘s return to the White House early next year, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau‘s government is expressing calm despite concerns over how it could affect the country’s northern neighbor.
Trump and Trudeau had a testy relationship at times during the president-elect’s first term, but Trudeau’s government is attempting to keep the U.S.-Canada relationship close while also easing concerns north of the border.
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The Canadian prime minister congratulated Trump on his victory Wednesday, and on Thursday reestablished the Cabinet Committee on Canada-U.S. Relations.
Trudeau’s office said in the announcement that the committee “will focus on critical Canada-U.S. issues,” in light of Trump’s impending return to the White House.
Canadian Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland was selected by Trudeau to chair the committee. She said that relations will be fine between the two neighboring countries and stressed the work the countries got done during the first Trump administration while speaking to reporters earlier this week.
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“I know a lot of Canadians are anxious. I want to say with utter sincerity and conviction to Canadians that Canada will be absolutely fine,” Freeland said on Wednesday.
“We have a strong relationship with the United States. We have a strong relationship with President Trump and his team. Let’s remember that our trading relationship today is governed by the trade deal concluded by President Trump himself and his team,” she added.
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Trump may not have to deal with a Canadian government helmed by Trudeau for his entire term, as the prime minister’s party is trailing in polling to the Conservative Party with an election slated for October 2025.
During all four years of Trump’s first term, Trudeau was the prime minister of the country.
