Canadians can now renew their passports online, the federal government announced Tuesday, and the cap for online service appointments has also been removed.
Old age security and the Canada Pension Plan payments will be heading out to Canadians who qualify on Wednesday — and some of those payments will be higher than before.
The planned meetings in Washington come as the Trump administration ramps up pressure on Canada in advance of formal talks on the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement on free trade.
U.S. President Donald Trump’s habit of occasionally targeting Canada with crude insults has become much more common among rank-and-file Republicans in recent weeks.