Chantal Hébert says: "Liberals’ shift in defence and foreign policy reflect new reality in the U.S. Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland’s speech was rightly described as Canada’s most assertive foreign policy declaration since the advent of the new administration."

Sorry Chantal - I beg to differ on this. Unless I missed the media announcement that the U.S.A. was drastically cutting its armed services by mothballing some of its 10 Nimitz class aircraft carriers, some of its 50+ nuclear submarines, multiple squadrons of aircraft, troops of tanks, etc., all Trump said by getting out of the Paris accord was that the U.S.A. was not going to waste billions funding misguided efforts.

His actions in no way prevent American states, companies and citizens from energy conservation or anti-pollution efforts.

Freeland's speech is Liberal hyperbole designed to distract Canadians from the abysmal economic conditions, both short and long-term, in Canada.