Trudeau’s new normal: the brazen sanity of Chrystia Freeland

Canada’s rational new deputy prime minister will need a doctrine of radical normalcy to wrangle Donald Trump and Doug Ford.

Since making the leap to politics in 2013, Chrystia Freeland she has displayed the sort of trend-bucking rational perspective and sensible prioritization you’d want in a deputy prime minister, writes Lisa Van Dusen. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY LISA VAN DUSEN

November 27, 2019

One of the funniest moments during CBC’s live coverage of Justin Trudeau’s cabinet swearing-in on Nov. 20 came from veteran political Svengali David Herle. On the news of Chrystia Freeland’s promotion from foreign affairs to deputy prime minister, Herle reminded anchor Vassy Kapelos that Freel...

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