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Chrystia Freeland, trusted aid of Justin Trudeau and the current deputy Prime Minister, has been entrusted with additional responsibility of Finance Minister. With this she becomes Canada’s first female Finance Minister.
One of the major goals of the newly appointed minister would undoubtedly be to present novel policies to support the economy , which has been hard hit by the coronavirus pandamic, thereby making it Canada’s worst economic crisis since the end of Second World War.
A Harvard and Oxford graduate, the new finance minister was first elected to the House of Commons in 2013 and has held key portfolios in the Government since 2015. It was under her tenure as the International Affairs Minister that North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was renegotiated with United Stated and Mexico.
Though, in addition to the new assignment, Ms. Freeland will continue to serve her earlier role of Deputy Prime Minister, she has been relived from her position as the minister of intergovernmental affairs which has now been assigned to Dominic LeBlanc.
Chrystia Freeland appointment came a day after Bill Morneau had quit abruptly from the very same position. Morneau’s resignation came in the backdrop of the We Charity controversy that has caused trouble for both Justin Trudeau and his administration.
Along with the cabinet shuffle, Justin Trudeau spoke of his administration’s decision to prorogue the Parliament session until 23 September. Responding to the accusations of the opposition party of “shutting down” the parliament to stop the ongoing committee probe into WE Charity controversy, Mr. Trudeau simply replied that the opposition members would get “ample opportunity” to put forward their concerns about the controversy next month.
All eyes are set for the 23 September when the Prime Minister through his speech from the Throne would present his government’s road map to effectively deal with the ongoing unprecedented pandemic and also how they seek to transform it into unprecedented opportunities for Canadian citizens.
