Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland

• Budget 2022 and Canada’s incredible disappearing deficits

  The annual deficit has shrunk by $275B in two years, even as the government announced new initiatives. What gives? Economist Jim Stanford looks at the red line of Budget 2022.

  Commentary

  Apr 9
  
• Trudeau government’s fiscal update coming Dec. 14, will be ‘limited in scope’

  Trudeau is facing pressure from the opposition in parliament and business groups to scale back spending for fear that government expenditure will fuel skyrocketing inflation.

  Politics

  Dec 2, 2021
  
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• B.C. Tory MP deletes tweet on ‘closeness’ of George Soros, Chrystia Freeland

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

  Canada

  Aug 29, 2020
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• Coronavirus: Federal government ran $120.4B deficit from April to June

  Much of the bump in spending was a result of emergency aid programs the Liberals rolled out as businesses shuttered and workers were laid off, furloughed or had their hours slashed.

  Canada

  Aug 28, 2020
• Global credit rating agency issues new warning over Canada’s coronavirus spending, debt

  Fitch Ratings downgraded Canada's triple-A credit rating in June, dropping the country to an "AA+" rating over what it called "the deterioration of Canada's public finances"' due to COVID-19.

  Canada

  Aug 27, 2020
• Coronavirus pandemic will dictate Freeland’s plan for economy, experts say

  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.

  Canada

  Aug 23, 2020
• 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