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Premiers’ trip to Washington, D.C. culminates in White House visit

Nunavut’s Akeeagok, Quebec’s Legault part of entourage whose agenda added an unplanned White House visit

Canada’s premiers started their day in Washington, D.C., Wednesday planning to make the case against Donald Trump’s tariff threats to various U.S. politicians, but ended it with an invitation to the White House.

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ᓄᓇᕗᑦ ‘ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᔪᖅ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ’ ᑐᕋᒻᑉ ᐊᑭᓕᐅᑎᒃᓴᒃᑲᓐᓂᒃᓴᓕᕆᑎᓪᓗᒍ

ᑲᓇᑕ-ᔫᓇᐃᑕᑦ ᓯᑕᐃᑦᔅ ᐱᖁᑎᓄᑦ ᐅᓇᑕᕈᑎᖓᑦ ᐊᑭᑦᑐᖅᐹᓪᓕᕈᑎᐅᓂᐊᖅᑐᖅ ᐃᓅᓇᓱᖕᓂᕐᒥ ᐊᑐᖅᑕᐅᕙᒃᑐᓂ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥᐅᓄᑦ ᒫᓐᓇᓗ ᐊᒃᓱᕈᐊᓂᒃᖢᑎᒃ, ᐊᕿᐊᕈᖅ ᐅᖃᕐᑐᖅ; ᑯᐸᐃᒃ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖅ ᓴᐳᑎᓯᒪᔪᓐᓇᕐᑐᖅ ᐱᖁᑎᓄᑦ ᐅᓇᑕᕈᑎᓄᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓴᙱᒃᑎᑉᐹᓪᓕᕈᑎᒋᓗᓂᔾᔪᒃ, ᓕᒎᑦ ᐅᖃᕐᑐᖅ

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Photo rush in air

Premier P.J. Akeeagok, far right, and Northern Affairs Minister Gary Anandasangaree, far left, pose for photographers, following takeoff on board a Kenn Borek Air plane in February. They were flying over the Kuugaaluk River, to see the site chosen as a potential location for a future hydroelectric plant to service Iqaluit, and the flyover allowed officials to view it. (Photo by Arty Sarkisian)

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