US President Joe Biden’s first official visit to Canada this week will involve discussion on Ukraine and North American air defence.
NORAD—or the North American Aerospace Defense Command—was involved in monitoring that suspected Chinese spy balloon and other unknown objects floating in the skies over Canada and the US back in February.
Traditionally, Canada is the first nation the US President visits after election, but COVID prevented that from happening after Biden’s election in 2020.
Political analyst, Tim Powers says this visit is overdue and there is a lot on the agenda when Biden arrives on Thursday.
The US will likely want assurances that Canada is doing as much as possible to help with North American air defence. He says critical minerals will also be discussed, as well as Haiti.
Powers says it’s also likely that questions surrounding Chinese electoral interference will be raised.