In a major address right now, Canada's foreign minister Chrystia Freeland is explaining why a "Canada first" approach would be wrong.
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Freeland: "I would like to profoundly thank our American friends" for their "indispensable" contributions to the global order.
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Canada's foreign minister: ...but many Americans cast their 2016 votes in an attempt to "shrug off the burden of world leadership."
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This is an extremely rare criticism of American voters from a top Canadian minister, who says Canada now needs to chart a sovereign course.
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Freeland's message: Canada is committed to the "rules-based" global order no matter what the US does, and will find like-minded allies.
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Key section of Canada foreign minister's speech: we'll work with the US wherever possible, but the US might not lead the world anymore, so.pic.twitter.com/LOwEH8SBs3
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Another interesting Freeland remark: Canada understands the need for a rules-based global order because it has to live next to the US.pic.twitter.com/7kpg95QCCs
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Canada pushed for things like GATT exactly for that reason.
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she called this out specifically in her remarkspic.twitter.com/GPbWwpDFnZ
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