Ministers Champagne, Anand visit DC to advance economic, security ties

eAwazCanada News

Ottawa – François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, and Anita Anand, Minister of National Defense, visited Washington, DC, from February 8th to 10th to meet with key business, industrial and political leaders to advance the Canada-US economic and national security partnership.

The Ministers focused on strengthening the integration of the defense industrial base which creates well paying jobs, growth, and resilience on both sides of the border. While in Washington, DC, the two ministers also took part in a joint armchair discussion hosted by the Wilson Center on Fostering National Security and Economic Prosperity in North America.