OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau emerged after a month of meetings to introduce a cabinet makeover that he said would focus on climate change, economic growth for the middle class, and public safety. But national unity was clearly at the forefront of his plans. The key cabinet ministers tapped by Trudeau to tackle Post-election divisions over energy pipelines and climate change moved quickly to demonstrate the government will work more collaboratively with its critics. Toronto MP Chrystia Freeland, Trudeau's new second-in-charge as deputy prime minister, is his point person on that front. The former journalist who shone as foreign affairs minister becomes intergovernmental affairs minister and now turns her diplomatic skills to challenges here at home. Freeland, one of 11 Toronto-area MPs at the cabinet table, invoked lessons she said the government learned while renegotiating the new North American Free Trade Agreement — a file she will retain in her new role. She told reporters the election "sent a message from the west to our party and now is a moment when we need to respond to begin with by listening really, really hard and really effectively." She said Canada faces big threats globally, including the "existential challenge of… Read full this story
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