LeBlanc says U.S. midterm results won’t change Ottawa’s plans to diversify trade

OTTAWA — Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc says the government’s push to diversify trade won’t change direction following the U.S. midterm election results that saw the Democrats gain control of both houses of Congress.

LeBlanc says talks with the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump have been productive and he looks forward to speaking more with his American counterparts in the coming days.

He says the results of the U.S. midterms are interesting but they won’t divert the federal government’s trade agenda and that work will continue with the Trump administration.

Tariffs were a factor in races in battleground states like Maine and Michigan, where the unsuccessful Republican candidates spoke against Trump’s attacks on Canada.