It’s official, United States citizens look to flee to Canada after Trump win

“It is traditional for USA presidents to make their first foreign visit to Canada and I think that would be something the Prime Minister and the president may talk about”, Mr. MacNaughton said. Brad Wall, the premier of Saskatchewan and an opponent of the carbon price, said the idea made no sense when “our biggest competitor for investment and jobs is not going to have one”. “But I would say that a lot of people might get to the consultation stage, but really in a sense, it’s just people who are just researching their options”.

“Canadians expect me to stand up for Canadian rights, Canadian opportunities, Canadian jobs and Canadian values”, he said.

Trade lawyer Lawrence Herman said Trump’s signals that he would reopen NAFTA would force Canada to the bargaining table for some tough discussions.

The real estate mogul, reality TV star and now USA president-elect campaigned on isolationist and protectionist policies that horrified many Canadians. CBS News reported that Trudeau had invited Trump to visit Canada “at his earliest convenience”.

Trump’s promise to upgrade NAFTA was a major point in his election campaign. Clinton had been widely predicted to win the race for the White House, and comfortably so.

The prime minister said such a plan will not put Canada at an economic disadvantage.

A source with knowledge of the matter said Trudeau would raise the importance of bilateral trade in his first call to Trump.

President-elect Donald Trump has called NAFTA “the worst deal in history”, but Ambassador David MacNaughton said any agreement can be improved. But he says despite that uncertainty, he doesn’t think we’ll see change any time soon.

The prevailing question that keeps coming up, is what version of Donald Trump will the world see when he takes office in January?

Starting at 9 p.m., Google Trends in the US saw a surge in the topic of Canada and the election, amid CNN projections that Republican candidate Donald Trump would take key swing states, including Florida.

“The more out of touch you are with regular working people, the more I think you’ll be rejected”.

Canada is now allowing doctor-assisted suicide after its highest court has approved it in a unanimous ruling on Friday.

“We are in uncharted territory and to deny that would be dishonest”, says Keith Head with the UBC Sauder School of Business, adding there’s nothing to stop the USA from leaving NAFTA with six months notice.

MacNaughton noted Canada has repeatedly stepped up to help the US and other allies, mostly recently by agreeing to send 450 Canadian soldiers to lead a North Atlantic Treaty Organisation battle group in Latvia.

But, he added, “There’s always been some disparity” between United States and Canadian leaders, both in policy and personal terms. The meeting had been previously scheduled, to discuss the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), but the topic of Trump’s protectionist policies is likely to seize the agenda.