‘No such thing as too many cooks’: Freeland and Champagne to balance crucial Canada-U.S. relationship

'Clear signals' will have to be given to the U.S. over who has jurisdiction for what, says former deputy prime minister John Manley.
New Foreign Affairs Minister François-Philippe Champagne and new Deputy Prime Minister and Intergovernmental Affaris Minister Chrystia Freeland, both pictured at Rideau Hall on Nov. 20, 2019.
As the new NAFTA crawls towards implementation, it is natural for new Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland to keep her responsibility over the Canada-U.S. file, say former diplomats, but it is unclear how incoming Foreign Affairs Minister François-Philippe Champagne fits into the fold. Ms. Free...

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