Conservative MP Jamil Jivani, a longtime friend of U.S. Vice-President JD Vance, says he is prepared to assist the government during negotiations with the White House should the Liberals seek his help.
Jivani and Vance have been friends since 2010 when they met at Yale Law School in New Haven, Connecticut.
Jivani has not been vocal about his friendship with Vance since the inauguration of U.S. President Donald Trump, but hinted during a May 1 media interview that he was willing to use his relationship with Vance to help ease tensions between Canada and the United States.
“If the opportunity came where I thought I would be able to make a positive difference, of course, I would take it,” Jivani told CBC’s Power & Politics. “If the Liberal government wants to find me, they know where I am.”…