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Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland last week presented a long-awaited foreign policy speech in the House of Commons.The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

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BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

June 14, 2017

Last week’s 4,000-word foreign policy speech reveals weeks worth of work, cross-departmental collaboration, and though many likely had a hand in the document, insiders say it was crafted in large part by Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland.

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