OTTAWA (Reuters) - Stephane Dion, named Canada's new Liberal foreign minister on Wednesday, is a former party leader and political heavyweight tasked with repairing foreign ties that frayed under the outgoing Conservatives.
Under former prime minister Stephen Harper, Canada shunned its traditional focus on multilateral diplomacy and took a more muscular tone. Some diplomats from traditional allies such as the European Union and the United States had privately complained about this approach.
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