PoliticsFrançois-Philippe Champagne will be Canada’s new Foreign Affairs minister, CBC-Radio-Canada has learned.Quebec MP will replace Chrystia Freeland as the country’s top diplomatCBC News · Posted: Nov 19, 2019 2:11 PM ET | Last Updated: November 19Francois-Philippe Champagne will be Canada’s new top diplomat. (Justin Tang/Canadian Press)François-Philippe Champagne will be Canada’s new foreign affairs minister, CBC-Radio-Canada has learned. Champagne, who served as the minister of infrastructure and communities in the last Parliament, will replace Chrystia Freeland as Canada’s top diplomat, tasked with stickhandling the sensitive U.S. and China files.It’s not yet known where Freeland will be moved, but she is expected to preside over a crucial domestic role as regional tensions rise across the country. Champagne, a former trade lawyer, has served as minister of international trade in the past. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will formally unveil his new cabinet at a ceremony at Rideau Hall Wednesday afternoon. Radio-Canada is also reporting that Jonathan Wilkinson will be the new environment minister. Pablo Rodriguez will be the government house leader, in charge of working with opposition parties and keeping the parliamentary agenda on track. It’s a position that takes on heightened importance in a minority government. Steven Guilbeault, a high-profile Quebec environmental activist, will be the new heritage minister, according to sources with knowledge of the appointments who spoke to CBC-Radio Canada. The sources spoke on condition they not be named because they were not authorized to comment.
François-Philippe Champagne to be Canada’s next foreign affairs minister | CBC News
