Smear campaign against Freeland linked to Russian diplomats’ expulsion, says Trudeau

OTTAWA – The Canadian government’s expulsion of four Russian diplomats in late March was partly based on a 2017 online smear campaign against Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland in which allegations were made that her late maternal grandfather was a Nazi collaborator, according to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Following an April 4 meeting in Ottawa … Continue reading Smear campaign against Freeland linked to Russian diplomats’ expulsion, says Trudeau