This is a wonderful appointment.  Ms. Freeland is a highly respected journalist and author who has already proven herself as a Cabinet minister.  Mr. Trudeau has given a bold signal to the whole world that Canada rejects the xenophobia, Putinophilism  and sexism of the right-wing "populism" infecting politics in many nations by appointing  a Ukrainian-Canadian as Foreign Minister, a Somali-Canadian former refugee  as Immigration Minister and  a woman of Afghani/Iranian origin to Status of Women.   Ms. Freeland was excluded by Russia  before she entered government, and  she has written one of the seminal books on the rise of the billionaires.

Justin Trudeau has indeed thrown down the gauntlet and told the world exactly what values Canada represents.  But it is now essential that Canada   substantially increase its defence budget, that not only US brigades  be stationed in Poland and the Baltic States.  The surveillance and defence of Canada's northern border is an urgent need.