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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will meet with all opposition leaders today before question period to brief them about his meeting with U.S. president-elect Donald Trump.

Senior government sources tell CTV News the meeting will happen at 1 p.m. this afternoon and all opposition leaders will be in attendance.

The meeting comes four days after Trudeau met with Trump at Mar-a-Lago, where the two spoke about a wide range of issues the incoming president would like to see addressed. Trump has threatened 25 per cent tariffs on Canada and the Mexico unless they halt the flow of illegal drugs and migrants over the border.

It was in that meeting — according to U.S. network Fox News — that Trump joked that if the tariffs debilitated the Canadian economy, perhaps Canada should become the country’s 51st state.

Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc also attended the three-hour “social evening” at Trump’s Florida estate, …

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