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Canada's Chrystia Freeland to quit as MP and become adviser to Zelensky
Jan. 5, 2026
BBC

Canada's former deputy prime minister Chrystia Freeland has said she will leave parliament to accept a job as adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Freeland said her role as an economic development adviser for Ukraine would be unpaid. In July, she will also take on a position to lead the Rhodes Trust, an educational charity, in the UK.

She was elected in 2013, and served in key roles such finance, foreign affairs and international trade minister under former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

She broke from Trudeau in late 2024, accusing him in a public resignation letter of failing to take the threat of US tariffs seriously, which helped force his political exit. ...
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Re: Canada's Chrystia Freeland to quit as MP and become adviser to Zelensky
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday, Jan 07, 2026 04:32 am »
Does this mean Soros father and son are digging their hooks into Zelenskyy?

Reminder: before she ran for Parliament, Chrystia Freeland worked for George Soros as his authorized biographer.
Freeland helped Soros manage Trudeau -- he was one of the first meetings Trudeau had as PM.

https://twitter.com/ezralevant/status/2008528257235267839
I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.
--- Henry V. Jaffa