Robert Fife (born 1954) is a Canadian political journalist and author who was the Ottawa bureau chief for CTV News from February 2005. Since January 2016, Fife has served as Ottawa bureau chief for The Globe and Mail. (wikipedia)
The big issues obviously on the table will be border issues. Mexico and Canada are concerned about some of the steps the United States is taking in terms of the identity card and requiring U.S. citizens to have passports now when they travel into Canada and come back.
The Tories have to be able to force a vote next month. Otherwise, it gets too close to Christmas,
Canadian industry is very happy because they're going to get a big chunk of that money back that's been held by the United States.
That is where you will see a lot of give and take.
I expect that the president and the prime minister will announce the resumption of formal negotiations at this summit.
They want to give him an opportunity to get fixed up with his diabetes, ... He'll be back on the job whenever that disease is under control.