He was shuffled to Minister of Foreign Affairs on the eve of the 2000 election . He was widely applauded for his work in foreign affairs , particularly for helping to ease strained Canada-U.S. relations . He was seen as able to communicate with the U.S. administration , and had a good working relationship with both Colin Powell and Tom Ridge . David Rudd , then director of Toronto 's Canadian Institute of Strategic Studies said : " Under Manley , the government of Canada talks to Washington , not at it . " In January 2002 he was appointed as Deputy Prime Minister and given special responsibility for security in response to 9/11 . For his performance in these roles , he was named '' Time '' Magazine 's " Canadian newsmaker of the year " in 2001
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