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Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland quits cabinet hours before economic update
https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/finance ... -1.7146828

Ain't it sweet ....
 

51st state!

Majik » 16 Dec 2024, 2:49 pm » wrote: ↑

16 Dec 2024, 2:49 pm

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland quits cabinet hours before economic update
https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/finance ... -1.7146828

Ain't it sweet ....

Trump isn't in office yet and he is affecting governments in major ways.

*Huey » 16 Dec 2024, 3:00 pm » wrote: ↑

16 Dec 2024, 3:00 pm

Trump isn't in office yet and he is affecting governments in major ways.

Especially here in Canada ....
And I am not complaining one bit ....
​I'm feeling joyous about it ....
 

Majik » 16 Dec 2024, 2:49 pm » wrote: ↑

16 Dec 2024, 2:49 pm

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland quits cabinet hours before economic update
https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/finance ... -1.7146828

Ain't it sweet ....

This is never a good sign that the upcoming report is going to be a resounding success,,,huh...?     
 

*GHETTOBLASTER » 16 Dec 2024, 3:07 pm » wrote: ↑

16 Dec 2024, 3:07 pm

This is never a good sign that the upcoming report is going to be a resounding success,,,huh...?   

We shall know in 45 minutes ..how badly The Liberals mismanaged Canadian taxpayer money ....
which is no surprise to anyone ....that has been paying attention.

 
 

Sumela » 16 Dec 2024, 4:07 pm » wrote: ↑

16 Dec 2024, 4:07 pm

Yep, and don't forget....

Chrystia Freeland

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Canada, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister of CanadaThe Honourable Chrystia Freeland is Canada’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance.

Ms. Freeland was first elected as the Member of Parliament for Toronto Centre in July, 2013. She was elected as Member of Parliament for University—Rosedale in October, 2015 and re-elected in October, 2019 and September, 2021.

From 2015 to 2017, Ms. Freeland served as Canada's Minister of International Trade, overseeing the successful negotiation of Canada's free trade agreement with the European Union, CETA. From January, 2017 to November, 2019, she served as Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs. During this time, she was a leading advocate for democracy, human rights, and multilateralism around the world.

As Foreign Minister, she led and successfully concluded the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) between Canada, Mexico, and the United States.

In November, 2019, Ms. Freeland was appointed Deputy Prime Minister of Canada and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs. In this capacity, she led Canada’s united response to the COVID-19 pandemic.She was appointed Minister of Finance in August, 2020. In her role as Minister of Finance, the Deputy Prime Minister has supported the Canadian economy’s strong recovery from the pandemic recession, introduced Canada’s first national system of affordable early learning and child care, and ensured the sustainability of Canada’s finances after the winding-down of emergency pandemic spending.

An esteemed journalist and author, the Deputy Prime Minister was born in Peace River, Alberta. She was educated at Harvard University before continuing her studies on a Rhodes Scholarship at the University of Oxford.

After launching her career in journalism as a Ukraine-based freelance correspondent for the Financial Times, The Washington Post, and The Economist, Ms. Freeland went on to various roles at the Financial Times of London. She then served as deputy editor of the Toronto-based Globe and Mail between 1999 and 2001, before returning to the Financial Times as deputy editor and then as United States managing editor.

In 2010, she joined Canadian-owned Thomson Reuters. She was a managing director of the company and editor of consumer news when she decided to return home and enter politics in 2013.

Ms. Freeland has written two books: Sale of the Century: The Inside Story of the Second Russian Revolution (2000); and Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Super-Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else (2012). Plutocrats has been an international best-seller and won the Lionel Gelber Prize and National Business Book Award.

In 2018, the Deputy Prime Minister was recognized as Foreign Policy's Diplomat of the Year. She was also awarded the Eric M. Warburg Award by Atlantik-Brücke, for her achievements in strengthening transatlantic ties. In 2020, she was awarded Freedom House’s Mark Palmer Prize, in recognition of her years of work in championing democracy and human rights.

She is a member of the Forum's Board of Trustees

https://www.weforum.org/people/chrystia-freeland/