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Caught up as U.S. President Joe Biden was in the spirit of good neighbourliness during his visit, his expressed willingness to abandon Buy America where Canada is concerned was probably overstated, writes Les Whittington. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY LES WHITTINGTON

March 29, 2023

OTTAWA—I’ll always be curious about what United States President Joe Biden must have thought of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s residence when he arrived at Rideau Cottage after driving through the employee parking lot behind the Governor General’s mansion to get the...

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