Teamsters Canada is led by François Laporte, who was elected president in 2015, as well as being an International Vice-President. LaPorte is an old guard figure who supported James P. Hoffa, Jr., the previous leader of the Teamsters, and ran on the winning O’Brien-Zuckerman Teamsters United slate in 2021. Yet, the Teamsters Canada are in a different country and operate in a different labor ​movement that is now the subject of menacing threats of annexation and economic ruin from U.S. President Donald Trump, who is supported by Sean O’Brien.