Foreign Affairs

The election of Democrat Joe Biden as the next president of the United States is expected to have wide-ranging implications for Canadian politics and policy.

Canada’s diplomatic corps has teamed up with the government's top statisticians to rapidly deploy facts across the border that can counter Trump's false statements. The partnership between data geeks and diplomats was hatched by the federal Foreign Affairs Department along with the federal government's statistical agency, according to an internal briefing note obtained by National Observer.

A string of calming comments from U.S. President Donald Trump about NAFTA has proponents of the agreement breathing some relief that his trigger finger is far from the button that would blow up the deal.

Fresh from his meeting in Washington, Justin Trudeau sought to bring Europe a message of reassurance Wednesday about the anxiety it faces over Donald Trump's antipathy towards the continent.