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Canada now has three cabinet ministers working on the trade file. But history suggests escaping the U.S. economic orbit won’t be easy.

Paul Wells: The prime minister has put away his sunny ways in favour of darker things—and a new cabinet that is built for survival

The scene at Rideau Hall: Nicely dressed people cheering on strangers who have unlocked new life achievements

The PM promoted five MPs to cabinet and shuffled five others. Here’s his new team.

Paul Wells: Trudeau has put a controversial player onto the political battlefield, and the mere mention of his name makes Doug Ford very angry

The Safe Third Country Agreement is broken. But it would be easy to get rid of if Trump actually understood the arrangement.

At closed-door gatherings, the former PM blasts the Trudeau government’s ’disgraceful and unforgivable’ posture toward western energy interests, but endorses trade action against the U.S.

At an unscripted question-and-answer session, the PM opened up on his view of Canada in the world, from defence spending to populist nationalism

Jane Philpott talks to Paul Wells about her decade in Africa, life as a political rookie and working on the government’s toughest file

Paul Wells: The Ontario Liberals (now in power in Ottawa) meet the Ontario Tories—it’s the latest chapter in a nasty fight that’s been going on for a decade