Look who’s going to Washington: MPs planning blitz to meet and greet new Congress

A handful of House committees are planning trips down south, and some U.S. committees will be invited back to Ottawa.
Conservative MP Dean Allison, left, serves as a vice-chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Liberal MP Michael Levitt chairs the Subcommittee on International Human Rights; NDP MP Tracey Ramsey is a vice-chair on the House Trade Committee.
Dozens of MPs will descend upon Washington over the next few months to get face time with members of Congress and be briefed by government and non-government institutions, as Canada’s federal politicians try to build ties with the new American government.

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