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PM Trudeau appoints Canada's first female finance minister [Freeland]
Deutsche Welle ^
| 08.18.2020
| tg/sri (AP, Reuters)
Posted on 08/18/2020 7:40:33 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has named his close ally and deputy Chrystia Freeland as finance minister.
She replaces Bill Morneau who resigned amid friction with Trudeau over government spending amid pandemic.
Freeland, 52, a former journalist and foreign minister, on Tuesday became Canadas first female finance minister, a day after Bill Morneau resigned. She also keeps her job as deputy prime minister. Its about time that we broke that glass ceiling, Freeland said. [
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Freeland will now be tasked with reviving an economy crippled by the COVID-19 pandemic, with the budget deficit this fiscal year forecast to hit C$343.2 billion ($253.4 billion, 218.7 billion). That would be the largest shortfall since World War II.
We need a long term plan for recovery, a plan that addresses head-on the fundamental gaps that this pandemic has unmasked, Trudeau told a news conference. Canada should embrace bold new solutions, he said, citing the need to do a better job of protecting the vulnerable and greening an economy that relies heavily on fossil fuel exports.
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TOPICS: Canada; Editorial; Government
KEYWORDS: billmorneau; canada; chrystiafreeland; financeminister; freeland; justintrudeau; nepotism; trudeau
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posted on
08/18/2020 7:40:33 PM PDT
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
What could possibly go wrong?
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posted on
08/18/2020 7:43:18 PM PDT
by
Balding_Eagle
( The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
To: Olog-hai; dfwgator
[ PM Trudeau appoints Canada’s first female finance minister [Freeland] ]
Well, that’s very stylish.
How fast can she run the 50?
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posted on
08/18/2020 7:44:08 PM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: Olog-hai
[Its about time that we broke that glass ceiling,]
I didn’t type “Hillary” - oh wait...
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posted on
08/18/2020 7:45:09 PM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: butlerweave
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posted on
08/18/2020 7:45:21 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: Olog-hai
"PM Trudeau appoints Canada's first female finance minister [Freeland]...:..... Great .... Now every Woman (And anybody who Identifies As ...) in Canadia will now be afforded to receive a monthly Wardrobe and Makeup Stipend on the Taxpayer Dime .... Well ...... Depending on their needs of the Month .....
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posted on
08/18/2020 7:47:33 PM PDT
by
R_Kangel
("A nation of sheep will beget a nation ruled by wolves")
To: Olog-hai
Jeesh. I’m a woman. So tired of Dems thinking I vote with my ovaries.
To: Olog-hai
“...a former journalist and foreign minister”
Eminently qualified.
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posted on
08/18/2020 7:48:42 PM PDT
by
decal
(I'm not rude, I don't suffer fools is all.)
To: Olog-hai
I will tell you that she is more of a Soros acolyte than Trueshit is. She is going to destroy my country before she is done.
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posted on
08/18/2020 7:51:41 PM PDT
by
Jonty30
(What Islam and secularism have in common is thp at they are both death cults.)
To: Olog-hai
Has she ever appeared in blackface?
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posted on
08/18/2020 7:54:44 PM PDT
by
Gay State Conservative
(The Rats Just Can't Get Over The Fact That They Lost A Rigged Election!)
To: Jonty30
Doesn’t the Queen (or her representative) have the authority to dismiss the government? IIRC the Queen’s representative dismissed the Australian government about 30 or 40 years ago.
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posted on
08/18/2020 7:57:38 PM PDT
by
Gay State Conservative
(The Rats Just Can't Get Over The Fact That They Lost A Rigged Election!)
To: Gay State Conservative
In theory, the Governor General could drop her a note to dismiss the government, but it would be extra-ordinary to do that.
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posted on
08/18/2020 7:59:46 PM PDT
by
Jonty30
(What Islam and secularism have in common is thp at they are both death cults.)
To: butlerweave
>>Can she Add ?
Expectations of competence are artifacts of white supremacy.
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posted on
08/18/2020 8:02:34 PM PDT
by
vikingd00d
(chown -R us ~you/base)
To: Olog-hai
That journalism background makes her an economist, nicht wahr?
To: RushIsMyTeddyBear; Lazamataz
I remember this from a couple years ago - you might want to shield your eyes for a moment. But the good news is, I think we finally found the right gal for Laz. In the center, that is.
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posted on
08/18/2020 8:05:20 PM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: Jonty30
I just googled it and wikipedia has a write up of the incident I recall.It happened in 1975 and apparently caused a huge crisis.
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posted on
08/18/2020 8:05:30 PM PDT
by
Gay State Conservative
(The Rats Just Can't Get Over The Fact That They Lost A Rigged Election!)
To: Gay State Conservative
Dunno, but maybe some different outfits might be called for. At least when facing an audience.
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posted on
08/18/2020 8:07:22 PM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: Gay State Conservative
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posted on
08/18/2020 8:07:50 PM PDT
by
Jonty30
(What Islam and secularism have in common is thp at they are both death cults.)
To: SaveFerris
Ha, oh God, ya got to be kidding me. This should be good, what the hell.
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