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OTTAWA — A book lambasting Justin Trudeau’s approach to foreign policy and exposing his frosty relationship with Stéphane Dion has been making waves in Quebec.

Author Jocelyn Coulon, a prominent figure in Canada’s international affairs community, was an adviser to Dion when he served as Trudeau’s foreign minister.

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His French-language book, titled “Un selfie avec Justin Trudeau,” has attracted significant attention in Quebec media over the past few days. It landed Coulon on popular talk show Tout le monde en parle (“everybody’s talking about it”) on Sunday, which draws more than a million viewers every week.

The Post’s Marie-Danielle Smith has compiled the most interesting tidbits.

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Trudeau and Dion didn’t get along, or even talk to each other

The frosty relationship between Dion and Trudeau — “glacial,” as Coulon puts it — goes way back.

Quoting from Trudeau’s own autobiography, Coulon theorizes that in 2006, then-leader Dion’s chilly reception to Trudeau’s political candidacy left wounds that would never heal. Dion rebuffed Trudeau’s first attempt at securing a nomination in the Montreal riding of Outremont. Then he stood in the way again with a second attempt in Papineau — but this time Trudeau succeeded, ultimately getting elected.