Chrystia Freeland

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Christina Alexandra Freeland (born August 2, 1968) is a Canadian politician and journalist who served as the tenth deputy prime minister of Canada from 2019 to 2024. A member of the Liberal Party, she was first elected as the member of Parliament (MP) for Toronto Centre in 2013 and represented University—Rosedale from 2015 to 2026. Freeland served as a Cabinet minister from 2015 to 2025 during the premierships of Justin Trudeau and Mark Carney. After the 2015 federal election, Freeland was appointed by Prime Minister Trudeau to serve as the minister of international trade and became the minister of foreign affairs in 2017, as Canada negotiated the Canada–United States–Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) and finalized the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA). In 2019, she became deputy prime minister and minister of intergovernmental affairs, serving in the latter role until 2020, when she became minister of finance. As finance minister, Freeland introduced four federal budgets, including...

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