Mandate letter results so far: Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland
OTTAWA — FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Accomplished
Trudeau’s original foreign affairs minister was Stephane Dion, whose first task was to improve relations with the United States, including by reducing impediments to trade. Much of this went out the window when President Donald Trump got to the White House, and Trudeau shuffled Dion off to Europe and put Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland in charge of the file. Still, Dion did work with the immigration minister to lift the Mexican visa requirement and host the Three Amigos summit in Ottawa last year, which led to a North American clean energy and environment agreement. The 2016 budget also made good on a promise to restore funding intended to promote Canadian culture overseas, devoting $35 million over two years to a new version of the program.
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