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Charm offensive 2.0: how Canada is preparing for a Biden administration and a new cabinet

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U.S. president-elect Joe Biden, right, and vice-president-elect Kamala Harris, left, will assume control of the White House on Jan. 20. Former Canadian ambassador Raymond Chrétien says Canadian officials will have greater access with the Biden administration than it has had over the last four years. Photograph courtesy of Twitter/Joe Biden

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BY NEIL MOSS

November 11, 2020

The victory of U.S. president-elect Joe Biden had many Canadians breathing a sigh of relief after four turbulent years of the Trump administration, but for Canadian officials—in Canada's embassy in Washington, D.C., in the Pearson Building, and in the Prime Minister's Office—there is much work t...

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