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OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was foolish to signal his willingness to re-negotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement, former U.S. senator and Donald Trump insider Rick Santorum said Wednesday.

Santorum ran against U.S. president-elect Trump for the Republican nomination but eventually endorsed him. He said he speaks frequently with Trump.

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Santorum said the federal Liberals are betraying working-class people by implementing what he called “a green agenda and an immigrant agenda.”

On Wednesday evening Santorum was in Ottawa to speak to the annual dinner of the Canadian American Business Council, a Washington-based group that promotes business ties and free trade between the two countries. The group had planned on featuring speakers close to Hillary Clinton but scrambled after the Nov. 8 presidential election to find someone close to Trump.

In an exclusive interview with the National Post, Santorum said Canada will do well by a Trump administration.