OTTAWA: Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday named Chrystia Freeland as foreign minister, replacing Stephane Dion, a critic of US President-elect Donald Trump, in a cabinet shakeup.
Freeland, who was international trade minister, will still be in a position to help renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement with the United States and Mexico if Trump makes good on a campaign promise to make changes or terminate the accord.
Dion, who announced he was retiring from political life after 21 years of public service, had openly criticised Trump during the US presidential campaign.
He had said Canada could not accept the billionaire …read more
Source: theSun
