Trudeau put Canadian interests ahead of politics for Trump visit

The goal of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his advisers was to have an official commitment on our free trade agreement, and they got it.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, U.S. President Donald Trump, and various officials from both sides meet in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 13.Photograph courtesy of Kate Purchase's Twitter

Opinion

BY ANGELO PERSICHILLI

February 20, 2017

TORONTO—There is no doubt that the visit Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made to the White House last week to meet U.S. President Donald Trump was a success. All the people in the Prime Minister’s Office and the Privy Council Office involved in the preparation of the meeting must be congratulated...

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