Trudeau’s Castro Eulogy Created Diplomatic Panic, Documents Show

By News on the Net —— Bio and Archives March 12, 2017

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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s effusive praise for Fidel Castro in the wake of the Cuban dictator’s death created outrage and panic among federal bureaucrats engaged in damage control According to Access to Information documents released by the Toronto Star on Friday, policy and communication staffers in the foreign affairs department, privy council office and prime minister’s office all attempted to divert world attention from Trudeau’s insistence that Castro was “a larger than life leader” whose passing engendered “deep sorrow” for him, whose father, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, called the leader a friend. -- More...