Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada, Make Rare Visit State

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Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada, will meet with President Obama on Thursday for the first official visit by a Canadian leader in 19 years, a large diplomatic honor possible in part by new promises of cooperation in the fight against climate change .

It is expected that Mr. Obama and Mr. Trudeau to announce new commitments to reduce planet warming emissions of methane, a chemical contained in natural gas which is 25 times more potent than carbon dioxide, and can drip from drilling wells and pipelines.

That announcement will come during a day of ceremony will conclude with a state dinner in the East Room of the White House. On the menu is "casseroles" Alaskan halibut roasted apricot galette, lamb chops with Yukon Gold potatoes dauphinoise and maple pecan pie with wafer cocoa seed and caramel swirl ice cream.

The arrival of Mr. Trudeau and his wife, Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, has led to comparisons with a similar visit in 1977 by Pierre Trudeau, former prime minister and father of the current leader. That visit made headlines when Margaret Trudeau, wife of Prime Minister wore a knee to the previous state dinner at the White House.

While Canada and the United States have long been close time allies, Obama's efforts to tackle global warming had become an important point of discussion with the predecessor Mr. Trudeau, Stephen Harper, who sought aggressively Canada expand industry Petroleum .


As Mr. Obama became more determined to leave a lasting legacy for the environment, it was delayed and finally rejected the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, which would have transported nearly one million barrels per day of highly polluting oil from Alberta to refineries along the Gulf coast.

Obama's rejection of the pipeline severely forced relations with Mr. Harper.

But the election last year of Mr. Trudeau marked a change in policy that was welcomed by the White House. Mr. Trudeau did not criticize Obama's rejection of the pipeline, and is committed to follow an ambitious environmental agenda to coordinate with Obama's policies.

In December, Canadian officials helped push through a historic global climate agreement in Paris.

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