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Joly promotes new Canada-U.S. relations director

Plus, Women and Gender Equality Minister Marci Ien has a new director of communications.
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly, right, speaks with reporters about the government's response to proposed U.S. trade tariffs alongside Public Safety Minister David McGuinty in the West Block on Jan. 27. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT
February 5, 2025

Amid United States President Donald Trump’s return to the White House and under the looming threat of a trade war, Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly has appointed a director of Canada-U.S. relations within her office: Jeremy B...

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