Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, who also became finance minister last month, said she believes the coronavirus pandemic will be defeated.

Deputy prime minister Chrystia Freeland warns there are risky consequences if politicians intervene in pharmaceutical approvals.

The U.S. backed down just as Canada was hours away from announcing a series of retaliatory tariffs designed to hit Donald Trump right in the swing states.

Canada will unveil retaliatory tariffs on a range of U.S. goods on Tuesday after Washington moved to impose punitive measures on Canadian aluminum imports, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said.

The deputy prime minister previously called the U.S. decision 'unwarranted' and said Canada would respond 'swiftly and strongly' with retaliatory tariffs valued at $3.6 billion.

Findlay, the party's environment critic, deleted the tweet on Saturday afternoon and apologized for sharing content from an account supporting conspiracy theories.

Freeland on Thursday couldn't say what would be in her first budget, noting she didn't get an economic crystal ball at her swearing-in ceremony two days earlier.

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

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.

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.