Trudeau announces 'Team Canada' approach to U.S. election

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Tuesday that he has assigned two cabinet ministers to lead a new «Team Canada» engagement to ensure Canada and his government are prepared for all possible outcomes from this fall's United States presidential election.

«Canada-U.S. relations are fundamental for the prosperity and well-being of Canadians,» Trudeau told reporters in Montreal, where he is wrapping up two days of meetings with his cabinet.

Trudeau said he has asked Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne and Export Promotion, International Trade and Economic Development Minister Mary Ng to work with Ambassador to the U.S. Kirsten Hillman on «a Team Canada approach» with «businesses, entrepreneurs, organized labour, civil society groups, different orders of government, to make sure that we're ready to continue to benefit as Canadians from a strong relationship with the United States.»

Hillman was in Montreal to meet with the federal cabinet on Tuesday.

Ministers also heard from Flavio Volpe, president of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers Association; Laura Dawson, executive director of the Future Borders Coalition; and Marc-Andre Blanchard, Canada's former ambassador to the United Nations and now executive vice-president at the investment group CDPQ Global.

Trump strongly favoured to win GOP nomination

Joe Biden, the incumbent president, is expected to face former president Donald Trump in November's election. Trump is the overwhelming favourite to win the Republican party's nomination — and could strengthen his hold on the nomination with a win in the New Hampshire state primary on Tuesday night.

The «engagement strategy» announced by Trudeau on Tuesday resembles the diplomatic effort undertaken by the Liberal