{"id":153683,"date":"2025-03-02T22:48:52","date_gmt":"2025-03-02T21:48:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/protecting-canadas-independence-my-priority-trudeau"},"modified":"2025-03-10T00:33:42","modified_gmt":"2025-03-09T23:33:42","slug":"protecting-canadas-independence-my-priority-trudeau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/protecting-canadas-independence-my-priority-trudeau","title":{"rendered":"Protecting Canada\u2019s independence my priority \u2013 Trudeau"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said his priority in talks with King Charles on Monday would be protecting his country\u2019s sovereignty after US President Donald Trump recently suggested making Canada the 51st US state.<\/p>\n<p>He said nothing is more important to his citizens than standing up for their sovereignty and independence, ahead of his meeting with Charles, who is Canada\u2019s head of state.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Charles invited Trump for what would be a historic second state visit to Britain, with Prime Minister Keir Starmer handing over the invitation during a meeting before the world\u2019s media in the Oval Office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI look forward to sitting down with His Majesty tomorrow. As always, we will discuss matters of importance to Canada and Canadians, and I can tell you that nothing seems more important to Canadians than standing up for our sovereignty and our independence as a nation,\u201d Trudeau said.<\/p>\n<p>According to Trudeau, the outgoing prime minister, Trump\u2019s remarks about absorbing Canada are a genuine concern and are linked to the country\u2019s rich natural resources.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has repeatedly suggested that Canada would be better off if it agreed to become the 51st US state.<\/p>\n<p>Trudeau was also asked about Trump\u2019s meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, stressing that he stands with the Ukrainian leader.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said his priority in talks with King Charles on Monday would be protecting his country\u2019s sovereignty after US President Donald Trump recently suggested making Canada the 51st US state. He said nothing is more important to his citizens than standing up for their sovereignty and independence, ahead [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":153682,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[3130,254,16119],"class_list":["post-153683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-canada","tag-nigeria","tag-trudeau"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Protecting Canada\u2019s independence my priority \u2013 Trudeau - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said his priority in talks with King Charles on Monday would be protecting his co ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/protecting-canadas-independence-my-priority-trudeau\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Protecting Canada\u2019s independence my priority \u2013 Trudeau\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said his priority in talks with King Charles on Monday would be protecting his co ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/protecting-canadas-independence-my-priority-trudeau\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-03-02T21:48:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-03-09T23:33:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/03\/sm_1740943288.022928.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1020\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"574\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/protecting-canadas-independence-my-priority-trudeau#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/protecting-canadas-independence-my-priority-trudeau\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Protecting Canada\u2019s independence my priority \u2013 Trudeau\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-02T21:48:52+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-03-09T23:33:42+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/protecting-canadas-independence-my-priority-trudeau\"},\"wordCount\":236,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/protecting-canadas-independence-my-priority-trudeau#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/03\/sm_1740943288.022928.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"canada\",\"Nigeria\",\"Trudeau\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/protecting-canadas-independence-my-priority-trudeau#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/protecting-canadas-independence-my-priority-trudeau\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/protecting-canadas-independence-my-priority-trudeau\",\"name\":\"Protecting Canada\u2019s independence my priority \u2013 Trudeau - 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