Trudeau Appoints First Female Ambassador to the US

Trudeau Appoints First Female Ambassador to the US
Canadian and American flags are seen at the U.S.–Canada border in Pittsburg, N.H., on March 1, 2017. Don Emmert/AFP via Getty Images
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is promoting a veteran of the international−trade trenches to be Canada’s first permanent female envoy to the United States—just as a raging international pandemic tests the continent’s cross-border resolve.

Kirsten Hillman, who is currently the acting ambassador in Washington, is taking over the corner office of Canada’s embassy on Pennsylvania Ave. on a full−time basis, Trudeau announced in the morning of March 26.