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‘I get it’: Pete Buttigieg talks cross-border tiff at Canada 2020 dinner

Canada 2020 hosted a pre-summit dinner and reception at the Westin on Sept. 22, featuring a fireside chat with former U.S. Transport Secretary Pete Buttigieg.

Former Liberal minister Seamus O'Regan, right, hosted a friendly 'fireside chat' with former U.S. transport secretary Pete Buttigieg at Canada 2020's pre-summit dinner and reception inside a packed ballroom at the Westin Hotel on Sept. 22, filled with past and present Liberals and progressive politicians from across the country.The Hill Times photograph by Stuart Benson

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BY STUART BENSON

September 24, 2025

The second week of the fall party calendar kicked off with Canada 2020's pre-summit dinner featuring a packed ballroom at the Westin Hotel on Sept. 22, the highlight of which was a friendly fireside chat with Pete Buttigieg, former U.S. transportation secret...

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