It was a short newscast indeed that did not feature Canada’s new global affairs minister this week.
On Thursday alone, Chrystia Freeland issued a statement saying the government was reviewing the purchase of Boeing Super Hornet fighter jets in light of the company’s trade dispute with Bombardier; another supporting a bill imposing sanctions on human rights violators; a third recognizing that the U.S. intends to re-negotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement; and a fourth, decrying the deportation of Crimean Tatars 73 years ago.
Freeland was the Minister for Everywhere, a diminutive political whirlwind, standing up for Canada in disputes with geo-political …read more
Source: National Newswatch
