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Chrystia Freeland’s new role provides a key opportunity to make her mark and set Canada on a course toward recovery post-COVID-19, writes Linda Silas of the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY LINDA SILAS

September 3, 2020

With Canada continuing to battle COVID-19 and its profound impacts on our economy, the timing is less than ideal to appoint a new finance minister. However, Chrystia Freeland’s new role provides a key opportunity to make her mark and set Canada on a course toward re...

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