L. Ian MacDonald

former Head of Public Affairs, Canadian Embassy in the US

Guest

Editor of Policy Options magazine and national affairs columnist of the Montreal Gazette; former head of Public Affairs for the Canadian Embassy in Washington, DC; former speech writer for then-Prime Minister Brian Mulroney

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