Houston to lead 5-day trade mission to Denmark

Michael Gorman · CBC News

· Posted: Apr 04, 2025 12:33 PM EDT | Last Updated: 18 minutes ago

Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston is headed to Denmark for a five-day commercialized mission.

A quality merchandise says Houston and a delegation from the provincial authorities volition question to Copenhagen connected Saturday, with plans to conscionable with caller and existing commercialized partners. Those meetings volition see sectors specified arsenic wellness care, vigor and seafood.

The merchandise says Houston and Energy Minister Trevor Boudreau volition be WindEurope's yearly lawsuit April 8-10. Denmark is aiming to scope implicit fossil-fuel-free energy by 2035, with an involvement and expertise successful hydrogen and upwind energy, according to the quality release.

Along with Boudreau, the premier's delegation includes his main of unit and lawyer, Nicole LaFosse Parker; enforcement lawman curate Tracey Taweel; and enforcement manager of planetary relations Mike McMurrary.

The travel comes astatine a clip erstwhile the province, on with the remainder of Canada and different countries astir the world, attempt to contend with tariffs from the United States government. Nova Scotia and the remainder of Canada face the added situation of tariffs from China, which volition use to seafood — one of the province's astir important exports.

Houston's authorities passed authorities past month, with all-party support, that would interruption down interprovincial commercialized barriers with immoderate state oregon territory consenting to walk reflector legislation.