DFAIT split is Prime Minister’s prerogative: International Trade

An 'eminent persons panel' will now wade into the controversial fray on splitting up Foreign Affairs and International Trade.

Despite the fact that Foreign Affairs Minister Pierre Pettigrew suggested last week that it was a bad idea for his own government to ever have split up the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, the division of the two departments is the Prime Minister's and Cabinet's prero...

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