PMO’s Canada-U.S. war room dealing with unprecedented unpredictability of U.S. administration

With trade negotiations on the horizon and a president prone to rhetoric, the less ammunition given the better, says Earnscliffe’s Sarah Goldfeder.
In recent weeks, U.S. President Donal Trump has made a number of moves that have spelled bad news for Canada. But Environics' Greg MacEachern said the Canada-U.S. relations team is working to expect the unexpected, and the government's been quick to react.
The PMO’s three-member Canada-U.S. relations team has been wisely playing its cards “very close to the chest” in charting a coordinated whole-of-government approach to navigating relations with an unpredictable Trump administration, say sources. “It’s created a nerve centre," said Sarah G...

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