Trudeau made a glaring tactical error that's getting Canada hammered by Saudi Arabia

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• Justin Trudeau's government may have made a tactical error in trying to address human rights in Saudi Arabia. 
• By tweeting for everyone to see, rather than conducting traditional closed-door diplomacy, Canada has been hurt by Saudi Arabia's retaliation with nothing to show for it.
• A former Canadian ambassador to Saudi Arabia asked how this tweet helped anyone in Saudi Arabia or anyone in Canada, and found that it most likely did not.

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Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is no stranger to human rights advocacy and showy displays of allyship with marginalized communities.

But his government may have made a tactical error in trying to address human rights in Saudi Arabia. 

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