OTTAWA — Chrystia Freeland is touting her experience in government as evidence she can rebuild the Liberal party and steer the country through a perilous time.
The former journalist built her career in Soviet Union, and worked personal connections to navigate the Donald Trump's first presidency — to the point of annoying him.
Career history: Freeland worked as a journalist based in Kyiv and then Moscow for the Financial Times, the Economist and the Washington Post. She was a cabinet minister up until her resignation last month, starting in trade and finance where she helped save an endangered trade deal with the European Union and steered Canada through the renegotiation of NAFTA.
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