Canada Finance Minister

• Feds set aside billions to support health care systems under pandemic strain

  Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says COVID-19 has placed extreme pressure on health-care systems across the country and Canadians need help urgently.

  Economy

  Mar 25, 2021
  
• Roy Green: What concerns the parliamentary budget officer should concern us all

  Yves Giroux, Canada's parliamentary budget officer, tells Roy Green how his office remains unaware if the Trudeau government has any plans to tackle the deficit.

  Nov 20, 2020
  
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• Chrystia Freeland breaks a ‘glass ceiling’ with finance portfolio

  Meera Estrada says she hopes Chrystia Freeland succeeds because her success would be symbolic of what is possible for all women in Canada.

  Commentary

  Aug 23, 2020
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• Trudeau planning social welfare system overhaul, sources say

  Trudeau is weighing sweeping changes to Canada's social welfare system and a series of economic measures that will align the country with ambitious climate goals, according to people familiar with the matter.

  Canada

  Aug 19, 2020
• Markets not ‘concerned’ with Freeland as Canada’s new finance minister, experts say 

  Freeland, 52, takes over from Bill Morneau, a multi-millionaire businessman with an MBA and an economics degree, who resigned on Monday amid friction with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau over spending policies.

  Canada

  Aug 19, 2020
• It’s time to tell Minister Morneau to ‘hop on the bus, Gus’

  Follow the advice of Paul Simon, prime minister, tell your finance minister to “hop on the bus Gus.”

  Commentary

  Oct 23, 2017
• Morneau says love for Quebec began after dating daughter of province’s finance minister

  Bill Morneau told Quebec business leaders on Thursday he's always appreciated the province's open and friendly climate - but this time Canada's finance minister wasn't talking about investment.

  Politics

  May 13, 2016