Alberta Cabinet Ministers to Travel to Washington for National Prayer Breakfast and Bilateral Talks

January 31, 2025 TruthUSA

Three Alberta cabinet ministers will travel to Washington, D.C., next week to represent the province at the National Prayer Breakfast and meet with U.S. officials to discuss Alberta-U.S. relations.

Minister of Health Adriana LaGrange, Minister of Mental Health and Addiction Dan Williams, and Minister of Affordability and Utilities Nathan Neudorf will make up Alberta’s delegation for the Feb. 6 National Prayer Breakfast.

During their visit, the ministers will also meet with industry leaders and members of the U.S. Congress to bolster ties between Alberta and the United States, the province said in a Jan. 30 press release.

“For more than seven decades, thousands have gathered in Washington D.C. at the National Prayer Breakfast, an annual event in prayer on behalf of those elected to serve,” the province said. “This year, Alberta’s government is proud to be sending a delegation of three ministers to represent the province and strengthen relationships with one of Alberta’s top trading partners.”

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Jan. 31 announced Trump’s plans to follow through on his threat to impose 25 percent tariffs on Canada starting Feb. 1. Smith has previously said that if tariffs are imposed, her province would “wait and see” what they look like before laying out a response, which she says must be “proportionate and reasonable.”

The province will also be sending two MLAs on Feb. 3 to “help to reinforce conversations that Premier Smith had with lawmakers and officials in the U.S.,” according to a Jan. 30 press release.

Alberta MLAs Shane Getson and Justin Wright will travel to Salem, Oregon, to meet with U.S. legislators and officials during events organized by the Pacific NorthWest Economic Region, an economic partnership representing five U.S. states and five Canadian provinces and territories, including Alberta, British Columbia, the Northwest Territories, Saskatchewan, and the Yukon.

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