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Olivia Bowden in Toronto

Canada’s turmoil is harbinger of diplomatic havoc in second Trump term

Two men facing each other
Trump and Trudeau at the G7 summit in Charlevoix in Canada, on 8 June 2018. Photograph: Neil Hall/EPA

Justin Trudeau’s political future has been thrown into doubt by the shock resignation of his own deputy, as Canada’s prime minister faces plummeting popularity and growing fears over a second Donald Trump presidency.

The sudden exit of Chrystia Freeland – the deputy prime minister and minister of finance – unleashed a political earthquake in Ottawa, prompting politicians both outside and in Trudeau’s own party to call for him to stand down.

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