HALIFAX — Justice Minister Sean Fraser hammered home the message of strength through global unity and respect at the Halifax International Security Forum.

Speaking at a panel Sunday morning, Fraser talked around the issue of U.S. president Donald Trump, without ever naming him directly.

Fraser referenced the controversy of Trump referring to Canada as the “51 st State” saying those types of comments made many Canadians of all political parties angry.

Fraser went on to lament the “disruption to a long-standing trading relationship” between the two countries, as something that’s causing distress on both sides of the border.

“But you should be careful not to blow up a relationship that has existed for the entirety of our history,” Fraser cautioned. “If the short-term political interest

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