Joe Biden heads to Mexico this week but still hasn\u0027t visited Canada\u003B worse, he\u0027s not exactly friendly on the policy front.
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There was a time when it was widely believed that the first foreign visit of an American president would be to their neighbour to the north.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary SUN, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails or any newsletter. Postmedia Network Inc.
, no president between Teddy Roosevelt and Kennedy made Canada their first foreign trip, in fact several didn’t make it to Canada at all.made his first trip to Canada, as did George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, but that’s it — the rest went elsewhere. Even Clinton’s first trip to Canada wasn’t so much about visiting us, but to meet with Russian President Boris Yeltsin and chat with Prime Minister Brian Mulroney while he was here.
It’s doubtful the Trudeau government ever extended an invitation to Trump, but when Biden came in, surely the “tradition” of making the first foreign trip to Canada would resume. Biden is a Democrat – the kind of American politician, according to polls, that Canadians overwhelmingly favour – and he’s in sync with Trudeau. These are a pair of forward-looking, progressives who see eye to eye on so many issues.
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