To better position Canada for the impending Trump presidency, PM Trudeau has shuffled key Cabinet portfolios, replacing veteran Stéphane Dion at Global Affairs with former International Trade Minister and Trudeau insider Chrystia Freeland. At the same time, he announced that Freeland will keep the all-important Canada-USA trade file. Rideau Institute President Peggy Mason asks: By […]
Chris Westdal, a Rideau Institute Senior Advisor, also has the distinction of having been the only Canadian Ambassador to both Ukraine and Russia. He recently gave a talk to the Institute of European, Russian and Eurasian Studies at Carleton University in Ottawa, entitled: RussiaWeHardlyKnewYe In this brilliant article, Westdal briefly surveys the “train wreck” […]
