The prime minister will not attend Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration and is no longer going to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the Prime Minister’s Office confirmed Friday afternoon.

PMO press secretary Cameron Ahmad said the prime minister cancelled on the World Economic Forum to focus on his upcoming cross-Canada tour.

“As you may know, the Prime Minister will soon be embarking upon a town hall tour across different regions of our country in order to meet with and remain connected to Canadians, at home and in their communities,” Ahmad wrote in an email. “This tour will provide many great opportunities to engage directly with Canadians, and will now be taking place over a longer period than previously planned.”

The PMO had previously said in December that Trudeau would be attending the international conference, as he did last year’s World Economic Forum.

Ahmad said the Canadian government will be represented in Davos by a number of cabinet ministers, but didn’t specify which.

“The forum is a prime opportunity to highlight Canada’s strength as a place to invest, grow, and establish new business opportunities – and our ministers will be doing that work and building new relationships,” he wrote.

The fact Trudeau will not be attend Trump’s swearing-in is perhaps unsurprising; the Canadian government has historically sent a delegation to the presidential inauguration that does not include the prime minister.

Ahmad told iPolitics that “further details on the delegation” would come next week.

Stéphane Dion’s office has not yet confirmed whether the Liberal foreign affairs minister will be attending any presidential inauguration events in Washington later this month.

Conservative MP and national defence critic Pierre Paul-Hus appears to be the only confirmed sitting member of Parliament attending the presidential inauguration on January 20. Paul-Hus tweeted about his plans to attend on Dec. 31.

The Tory MP told iPolitics Wednesday he had previous plans to visit Washington for four days because of a NATO meeting. He said he’ll be at the Canadian Embassy in Washington “with colleagues from Europe and the NATO countries” for inauguration-related events.

Paul-Hus sits on the Standing Committee on National Defence and is a member of the Canadian NATO Parliamentary Association.

The NDP press secretary confirmed via email earlier this week that no New Democrat MPs would be travelling to Washington — but added she wasn’t 100 per cent certain.

Then-immigration minister Jason Kenney and then-minister of state of foreign affairs Peter Kent were the government representatives at Barack Obama’s 2009 inauguration. In 2013, former foreign affairs minister John Baird travelled to Washington, D.C. for inauguration-related events.

Former public safety minister and Canadian Alliance leader Stockwell Day confirmed this week via email that he plans to attend.