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LILLEY: Freeland can't serve Canada and Ukraine at same time

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06.01.2026

Chrystia Freeland needs to resign, immediately, as the Member of Parliament for University-Rosedale in Toronto. No one can serve two masters, but with her appointment by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “as an Advisor on Economic Development” she simply has to leave her current post.

Today, I appointed Chrystia Freeland @cafreeland as an Advisor on Economic Development. Chrystia is highly skilled in these matters and has extensive experience in attracting investment and implementing economic transformations. Right now, Ukraine needs to strengthen its internal… pic.twitter.com/2WOl27MyVA

Freeland has been the MP for University-Rosedale since 2015 and spent most of the past decade in cabinet, even spending five years as Deputy PM. In September she announced that she was stepping down from her latest portfolio as Transportation Minister and would take on a role as Canada’s special representative on the reconstruction of Ukraine.

She simply cannot advise the Government of Canada and the Government of........

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