Chrystia Freeland

Christina Alexandra Freeland PC MP (born August 2, 1968) is a Canadian politician and journalist who is the member of Parliament (MP) for University—Rosedale. A member of the Liberal Party, Freeland served as a Cabinet minister from 2015 to 2025 and was the 10th deputy prime minister of Canada from 2019 to 2024. She was first elected as the MP for Toronto Centre in 2013 and has represented University—Rosedale since 2015.

Following the 2015 federal election, Freeland was appointed by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to serve as the minister of international trade and became the minister of foreign affairs in 2017, as Canada negotiated the Canada–United States–Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) and finalized the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA). In 2019, she became deputy prime minister and minister of intergovernmental affairs, serving in the latter role until 2020 when she became minister of finance. As finance minister, Freeland introduced four federal budgets, including federal aid measures during the COVID-19 pandemic, and was the first woman to serve in the role. In December 2024, she resigned from Cabinet on the day she was scheduled to present the government's fall economic statement. This led to a political crisis which ultimately resulted in the resignation of Trudeau. Freeland ran in the subsequent election for Liberal leader in 2025, placing a distant second to Mark Carney. In March 2025, she rejoined Cabinet as Carney named her minister of transport and internal trade, roles she held until resigning in September to become the Canadian special representative for the reconstruction of Ukraine.

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