Once upon a time, Chrystia Freeland attempted to relate to Canadians' cost-of-living concerns with a personal anecdote -- and it didn't produce a fairy-tale ending.
"I personally, as a mother and wife, look carefully at my credit card bill once a month, and last Sunday I said to the kids, 'You're older now. You don't watch Disney anymore. Let's cut that Disney Plus subscription,"' Freeland told Global News in an interview that aired on Nov. 6.She went on to say: "I believe that I need to take exactly the same approach with the federal government's finances, because that's the money of Canadians.
Emails sent to her office and obtained by The Canadian Press under access-to-information law show that Freeland's attempt to connect with Canadians made her a villain to thousands. Someone wrote to say they'd already cut Disney Plus and wanted to know how to "cancel my portion of the CBC subsidy." CBC's $1.2 billion in government funding in 2022 works out to about $30 per Canadian per year.One email urged the government to better manage inflation.
One would-be knight in shining armour did come to Freeland's defence, emailing to say they, too, had cut out TV channels -- along with beauty treatments, travel and cellphones, among other things.Staff in the Finance Department did a social media scan on Nov. 7, the day after Freeland's series of interviews about the fall economic statement.
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