Will any party propose a Canada first foreign policy? - Yves Engler
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Canada’s “America First” foreign minister claims to be best placed to stand up to Donald Trump. Chrystia Freeland’s absurd argument only sounds plausible because of media bias and politicians’ refusal to challenge Canada’s pro-empire foreign policy. At her launch event and in a video produced by her campaign for Liberal Party leadership, Freeland has argued

when Freeland was appointed foreign affairs minister after Trump first won the presidency, a US embassy official in Ottawa dispatched a cable to the State Department in Washington titled “Canada Adopts ‘America First’ Foreign Policy.” Uncovered by Communist Party researcher Jay Watts through a freedom of information request, the largely redacted cable noted that Trudeau’s government would be “Prioritizing U.S. Relations, ASAP” and that Trudeau promoted Freeland “in large part because of her strong U.S. contacts.”

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