Adds quotes by senior Canadian official, particulars, background
Adds quotes by senior Canadian official, particulars, background
Dec 10 (Reuters) – Canadian Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland mentioned on Tuesday it was in Canada’s pursuits to ratify the revamped U.S.-Mexico-Canada commerce deal as quickly as doable however didn’t elaborate on the federal government’s technique for securing its passage.
Earlier within the day, Freeland and her counterparts signed an overhaul of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Settlement (USMCA) in a bid to win U.S. ratification of the deal. Ottawa says it desires to behave in tandem with Washington relating to formal approval.
“It’s in Canada’s pursuits to ratify (the settlement) as shortly as doable,” Freeland informed a televised information convention in Mexico Metropolis. She didn’t give particulars and a spokeswoman for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau declined to remark when requested concerning the Liberal authorities’s plans for successful approval of the pact.
Trudeau misplaced his majority in an October election and should depend on opposition legislators to manipulate….