Freeland Agrees to NDP Proposals to Push Forward Trade Deals

Freeland Agrees to NDP Proposals to Push Forward Trade Deals
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs Chrystia Freeland waits to appear before the House of Commons Standing Committee on International Trade in Ottawa on Feb.18, 2020. Adrian Wyld/Canadian press
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OTTAWA—Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says she wants to make Canada’s trade negotiations more “transparent,” by agreeing to proposals from the New Democrats to provide more details of future deals.

Freeland offers that view in a Wednesday letter to the New Democrats, a promise that secured the party’s support for a speedier ratification of the new North American trade deal, which is still before Parliament.