Meet François-Philippe Champagne, Trudeau’s new trade minister
Before his big cabinet promotion, Champagne talked economic policy with Maclean’s
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John Geddes
John Geddes is Ottawa bureau chief at Maclean’s and has covered federal politics and policy for more than two decades. He also writes regularly about art.
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