NAFTA, trade, cannabis on agenda as premiers meet in Edmonton this week
EDMONTON — Cross-border trade and the looming renegotiation of NAFTA top the agenda of the upcoming summer gathering of Canada’s premiers, says host Rachel Notley.
Notley says the premiers will hear from Canada’s ambassador to the United States at the meeting of what is known as the Council of the Federation.
“We will be focusing mostly on economic matters beginning with a visit from Ambassador David MacNaughton talking about the work that he’s doing in the United States (and) all of us talking about the work that we’ve being doing in terms of building the relationships in the U.S.,” said Notley in an interview.
Negotiations are set to begin next month on a re-working of the tripartite 23-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement.