There’s considerable risk attached to Trudeau’s meeting with Trump in Washington

If Justin Trudeau is too aggressive, he could become another high-profile target in Donald Trump’s world tweet war. If Trudeau is too accommodating, he risks facing the ire of a considerable number of citizens back home who want the prime minister to fight back. The Monday meeting requires a delicate balance.

Donald Trump’s controversial travel ban targeting specific Muslim countries requires pushback from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The attempted revocation of Nexus privileges for Canadian residents born in specified Muslim countries is a clear violation of the anti-discrimination privileges in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. It needs a clear response.The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright and courtesy of Gage Skidmore

Opinion

BY SHEILA COPPS

February 13, 2017

OTTAWA—Canada shares the longest open border in the world with the United States. Canadians would obviously like to keep it that way. The Monday meeting between the prime minister and U.S. President Donald Trump will be key to that outcome. At first blush, the two leaders are very different. Not...

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