Cabinet Posts: Economics Journalist and Place Jan

cabinet posts: Among the ministers who could be moved is International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland, who is believed likely to replace Stephane Dion at Foreign Affairs, according to Brandon Sun. Freeland, a former economics journalist with extensive contacts in the United States, is credited with deftly navigating through some eleventh-hour obstacles that threatened last fall to scupper the Canada-European Union free trade agreement potentially valuable experience for dealing with the incoming Trump administration. Sources tell The Canadian Press that the shuffle will involve up to a third of Trudeau's cabinet posts. Trump, whose inauguration takes place Jan. 20, has vowed to adopt an unapologetically protectionist, America-first policy on trade, including re-opening or even tearing up the North American Free Trade Agreement. His prickly demeanour could also be ill-suited to dealing with the unpredictable Trump, who has demonstrated a tendency to easily take offence. Dion's tenure at Foreign Affairs has been a rocky one, marred by controversy over his approval of a 15-billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.