Conservative MP Jamil Jivani leaves after a meeting of the Conservative caucus on Parliament Hill, in Ottawa, on May 6, 2025. The Canadian Press/Justin Tang
Conservative MP Jamil Jivani says he met with White House officials on Feb. 4, and that U.S. President Donald Trump asked him to pass along a message to Canadians: “Tell the Canadians I love them.”
Jivani, who is a close friend and former university roommate of U.S. Vice-President JD Vance, had said a day before that he is travelling to Washington to help improve Canada-U.S. relations and advance trade talks, including on the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA/CUSMA).
