Minister of everything, Freeland, risks burnout in adding oversight of feds’ coronavirus response to growing portfolio, say politicos

'She has to be her own protector. Trudeau has to be cognizant of that. Usually, when you add something, you try to take something away,' says pollster Greg Lyle.

Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, who is now chairing the feds' cabinet committee on the coronavirus, is pictured heading into the National Press Theatre on March 18, 2019. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY BEATRICE PAEZ

March 6, 2020

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s decision to name his deputy, Chrystia Freeland, to head the feds' new cabinet committee on the coronavirus may not necessarily leave her vulnerable to overexposure, but it could lead to burn...

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