EU leaders to visit Canada as Ottawa eyes access to bloc’s science grants

The top heads of the European Union are expected to visit Canada this year, as officials discuss the possibility of Ottawa joining a major research-funding pact.

“We are expecting the summit still to take place this year,” the EU’s ambassador to Canada, Melita Gabric, said Friday.

Brussels and Ottawa hold leaders’ summits every two years as part of an agreement signed in 2017 alongside a major trade deal. These summit have so far involved the Canadian prime minister and the top…