Colby Cosh: The new top trade negotiator comes with Emergencies Act baggage
21 février 2026 à 12:00
On Monday, the prime minister appointed the Hon. Janice Charette as Canada’s top trade negotiator with the United States, an undoubtedly crucial role as the July 1 deadline for renewal of the CUSMA pact looms. (I still say it shoulda been called CAMUS. Change my mind.) Mme. Charette has an impressive CV, having been named clerk of the Privy Council on separate occasions by Stephen Harper and Justin Trudeau and serving as high commissioner to the United Kingdom in the interim. She’s broadly trusted, in other words, by senior politicians of all stripes. Read More