‘Couldn’t make a much dumber mistake’: former co-chairs of influential Canada-U.S. parliamentary group pan budget cut

Conservative Whip Chris Warkentin says it 'seems' that the budget of the Canada-U.S. Inter-Parliamentary Group will be slashed by 40 per cent.

Conservative MP Richard Bragdon became the House co-chair of the Canada-U.S. Inter-Parliamentary Group last October after Liberal MP Terry Duguid was ousted in a vote of the association's membership.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY NEIL MOSS

May 20, 2026

With a sharp budget cut for a parliamentary group responsible for building links with lawmakers in the United States on the books, past co-chairs are raising their concerns amid the ongoing trade war with Canada’s southern neighbour.

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