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How Canada’s ‘Minister of Everything’ Sees the World

With Prime Minister Justin Trudeau going into quarantine, more responsibility may fall to his deputy, Chrystia Freeland. Her writing for <em>The Atlantic</em> offers a glimpse into her thinking.
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Canadian news sources have been calling the country’s deputy prime minister, Chrystia Freeland, the “” for months. The recent spread of the coronavirus has only given that title more weight. A week ago, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made Freeland the overseer of the federal response to the pandemic. And now, with

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