ON BOARD CFC01 – We have just touched down in Cancun with Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Harper travelled here from Ottawa this evening.
And while Harper's wife Laureen stayed home, the Prime Minister enjoyed the company of the Canadian Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Wilson and the American Ambassador to Canada David Wilkins. A senior official in the PMO said the Prime Minister personally invited both men as well as the Mexican ambassador to Canada to travel with him. The Mexican ambassador was in Cancun a week ago to help host the summit.
The three men did not talkl much business, a PMO staffer said, using the time mostly as a social occasion.
Wilson had a couple of offers to get to Cancun. The White House offered him a seat on Air Force One but Wilson declined, as he had to be in Canada prior to the trip.