Freeland's Ukraine Ties Rekindle Debate over Loyalty, Sanctions and Diaspora Politics in Canada

Source: International Business Times

Chrystia Freeland Spencer Colby/The Canadian Press/File No Canadian politician was more closely associated with the West's economic campaign against Russia than Chrystia Freeland, the former Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister. As one of the architects and most vocal advocates of sanctions targeting Russia's financial and energy sectors, Freeland argued that reducing Moscow's energy revenues was essential to weakening the Kremlin's geopolitical power. Yet critics contend that the same policy agenda contributed to an unintended consequence: Canada's failure to capitalize on one of the largest energy market realignments in decades.