MONTREAL –
A busy day is shaping up for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on the first full day of the German leader’s three-day visit to Canada.
The two leaders will begin the day in Montreal with a meeting at which they will be joined by numerous federal cabinet ministers.
Trudeau’s office says leaders hope to encourage investment and partnership opportunities, including in the critical minerals and automotive sectors.
Scholz and Trudeau then plan to visit a federally funded national artificial intelligence institute before heading to Toronto for a formal dinner.
Scholz, who took over from Angela Merkel late last year, is also expected to stop in Stephenville, western Newfoundland, during his visit to Canada, which began Sunday evening.
The Chancellor and Trudeau are expected to sign an agreement for Canada to supply clean hydrogen to Germany, as well as discuss the war in Ukraine.
Ukraine has criticized Trudeau and his government for agreeing to a German request to exempt Siemens Canada from Russia sanctions so it can return a turbine for use in the Nord Stream 1 pipeline that supplies natural gas to Germany.
This report from The Canadian Press was first published on August 22, 2022.