Quebec Premier François Legault will travel to Washington when President-elect Donald Trump takes office after the latter threatened to impose tariffs on Canadian exports to the United States.
Legault said he will travel to the U.S. capital on Feb. 12 as part of a Council of the Federation mission. He made the announcement following a virtual meeting on Wednesday afternoon with the other provinces’ premiers.
“Quebec and the other Canadian provinces intend to exercise leadership in discussions with the United States. Quebec wants to be at the negotiating table and will appoint its representative in due course,” he said on social network X Wednesday evening.
Earlier in the day, Legault called on Quebec to “keep a cool head” as Trump stepped up his threats against Canada.
“Trump is going to use every opportunity at his disposal to increase his balance of power,” wrote the Quebec premier in a letter posted …