Prime Minister Justin Trudeau talked Trump with British Prime Minister Theresa May on the weekend and the unpredictable U.S. president was also a subject of discussion in a Monday call with French President Francois Hollande. OTTAWA—The Trudeau government has been conferring with jittery European allies about how to engage with the new Donald Trump administration in Washington, sources say. The prime minister reinforces the message that the two economies are deeply intertwined and dependent, so Canada needs to engage constructively with Trump, sources say. Freeland moved into Foreign Affairs last month in a cabinet shuffle by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau aimed at dealing with the election of Donald Trump as president. She had already engaged in a round of Washington networking in December, when she was the trade minister.

Source: thestar February 08, 2017 14:42 UTC