Eleven weeks after becoming finance minister, Freeland’s mandate letter has yet to be released

PMO spokesperson Alex Wellstead says mandate letters are 'built off of the Speech from the Throne and will be released in due course.'

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said in an Oct. 28 speech to the Global Toronto Forum that Canada's fiscal spending is 'limited and temporary,' but noted 'the risks of withdrawing support too soon outweigh the dangers of spending too much.'The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY NEIL MOSS

November 4, 2020

Eleven weeks after she was tapped to guide Canada’s economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Liberal government has yet to release a mandate letter outlining policy objectives for Chrystia Freeland. Some observers have raised concern over the lack of fiscal transparency in pandemic spend...

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