Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc said the government wants to hear from businesses and other industry leaders, workers and provincial and territorial governments ahead of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) review next year. (The Logic)

Talking point: LeBlanc announced the news in Mexico City, where Prime Minister Mark Carney announced a “strategic partnership” with Mexico Thursday, which includes plans to co-operate on key areas of trade and investment. Carney said Canada and Mexico are still committed to the trilateral trade deal, and ruled out the prospect that either country would throw the other under the bus to pursue a one-on-one deal with the U.S. Canada had already completed a round of consultations on the trade pact last year, but that was before U.S. President Donald Trump imposed massive tariffs on Canadian industries and goods. Meanwhile, Canada withdrew challenges against some U.S. import taxes on softwood lumber in what the government has characterized as a “strategic choice” amid the trade talks.