This biography by Catherine Tsalikis explores the life of Chrystia Freeland, a Canadian politician known for her accomplishments and controversies. Tsalikis highlights Freeland's upbringing, her intellectual prowess, and her ambition, suggesting she could be a future Prime Minister. The book provides insights into Freeland's personality and career trajectory, drawing on interviews with family, friends, and colleagues.
So states Catherine Tsalikis, a Toronto-based writer and journalist, in herThere is hardly a word of criticism in the, even though Freeland’s career has been marked by controversy as well as accomplishment. The author refers to her subject throughout the book as “Chrystia,” rather than “Freeland,” an approach usually taken only by the very friendliest of biographers. That is the case here.
After graduating, Freeland went to Ukraine as an exchange student, where her activities in support of the pro-democracy movement earned her a 2,000-word rebuke in Pravda UkrainyPutting off a Rhodes Scholarship at Oxford to work as a stringer for the Financial Times, her biggest scoop was being in a Kyiv hotel room with a prominent dissident and his supporters when police smashed through the door firing tear gas and dragged the dissident away.
Though it allowed her to compile “a Rolodex beyond the dreams of avarice,” as one observer put it, her journalism career was on a downward slope when she showed up at a launch party in Toronto in 2012 for her book,, which put her in the same room with Justin Trudeau, who was running for the leadership of the moribund Liberal Party.
When U.S. president Donald Trump demanded changes to the North American free-trade agreement, Freeland, as foreign minister, advised Trudeau not to rush into a deal. This may have been a mistake , for the U.S and Mexico reached a bilateral accord, forcing Canada to scramble to get onside.
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