====== Chrystia Freeland ======

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**Chrystia Freeland** is the Deputy Prime Minister of Canada under [[Justin Trudeau]], as well as Minister of Finance and Minister of International Affairs. She was appointed Deputy Prime Minister in November 2019, and has been described as Trudeau's "heir apparent".((MacCharles, T., & Campion-Smith, B. (2019, November 20). //Chrystia Freeland named deputy prime minister in cabinet shuffle.// Toronto Star. Retrieved November 30, 2021, from https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/2019/11/20/chrystia-freeland-named-deputy-prime-minister-in-cabinet-shuffle.html)) ((Mitrovica, A. (2019, December 2). //Chrystia Freeland: Trudeau’s heir apparent.// Opinions | Al Jazeera. Retrieved November 30, 2021, from https://archive.ph/b3zYB)) 

===== Background =====

Polish and Ukrainian historical records seem to demonstrate that Freeland's grandfather aligned with the [[Nazi Party|Nazis]] during [[World War II]], and successfully relocated to the Province of [[canada:Alberta]] after evading [[Poland|Polish]] capture in 1948.((Pike, C. (2018, February 2). //Canada’s Nazi Problem.// The Saker. https://web.archive.org/web/20211222101640/http://thesaker.is/canadas-nazi-problem/)) ((Helmer, J. (2017, June 18). //MICHAEL CHOMIAK VOLUNTEERED FOR HITLER BEFORE UKRAINE WAS INVADED AND WAS HUNTED BY THE POLISH POLICE UNTIL THE 1980s – CHRYSTIA FREELAND’S FAMILY LIE GROWS BIGGER AND BLACKER.// Dances with Bears. https://archive.ph/6RX7T)) ((Helmer, J. (2017, January 19). //VICTIM OR AGGRESSOR – CHRYSTIA FREELAND’S FAMILY RECORD FOR NAZI WAR PROFITEERING, AND MURDER OF THE CRACOW JEWS.// Dances with Bears. https://archive.ph/gHLHd)) ((Ukrainica in Canada. (2019, January 29). //State Archival Service of Ukraine.// https://archive.ph/c9R0o)) ((Helmer, J. (2017, January 22). //Canada’s New Foreign Minister Lying About Family’s Ukrainian Nazi Past.// Vigile Québec. https://archive.ph/YmAsL))

==== Education ====

Freeland attended [[Harvard University]], then moved to the [[University of Oxford]] as a [[rhodes_scholarship|Rhodes Scholar]]. 

==== Exchange to Ukraine ====

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While a student at [[Harvard University]] the 1980's, Freeland participated in a university exchange program that brought her to live in [[Ukraine:Kiev]], [[Ukraine]] for a time.((Bilefsky, D. (2022, February 25). //A Canadian leader with Ukrainian roots puts Putin in the ranks of “reviled European dictators.”// The New York Times. https://archive.ph/6Svfk)) While there, she was involved in 1988 and 1989 in the Ukrainian independence movement, and was tailed by the [[KGB]]. She was given the codename "Frida", and described as a "well-known troublemaker".((Retson, D. (1989, May 20). //Student “glasnost” chilly.// Edmonton Journal, 14. https://archive.ph/VCnMo/))

Descriptions of Freeland's activities in [[Russia]] and Ukraine seem to indicate she was performing foreign intelligence duties. She allegedly evaded interception from the KGB by sending material out of Ukraine via a diplomatic pouch at the Canadian embassy in [[Russia:Moscow]]. “I am aware that my work with pro-democracy and environmental activists invoked the ire of the Soviet KGB. I remember being the target of smear campaigns in the Soviet press,” she told the [[Globe and Mail]] in October 2021.((Miles, S. (2021, October 11). //KGB archives show how Chrystia Freeland drew the ire (and respect) of Soviet intelligence services.// The Globe and Mail. https://archive.ph/VnGts))
===== Career =====

==== Journalism ====

Freeland began her career as a journalist in [[Ukraine]] working freelance for the [[Financial Times]], the [[Washington Post]] and [[The Economist]], before landing various positions at the [[Financial Times of London]]. She moved on to become Deputy Editor of the [[Globe and Mail]] between 1999 and 2001 before returning to the Financial Times as Deputy Editor and then United States Managing Editor. In 2010, she joined [[Thomson Reuters]] as Managing Director and Editor of Consumer News until she returned to politics in 2013.

==== Government of Canada ====

From 2015-2017, Freeland served as Canada's Minister of International Trade, credited for negotiating CETA (free trade agreement with the [[European Union]]). She then served as Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs, wherein she lead the renegotiations for the [[North American Free Trade Agreement]] (NAFTA) between Canada, [[Mexico]] and the United States.

===== Affiliations =====

==== World Economic Forum ====

Freeland was a participant in the [[World Economic Forum]]'s [[world_economic_forum:Forum of Young Global Leaders]] Inaugural Group in 2005, where "their discussions have led them to consider the probable state of the world in 2020, part of the [[2020 Initiative]]."((The Forum of Young Global Leaders. (2005). //Young Global Leaders Profiles.// Retrieved October 29, 2005, from https://archive.ph/q791f)) ((The Forum of Young Global Leaders. (2005, January). //ANNUAL MEETING NEWS: YOUNG GLOBAL LEADERS AT THE ANNUAL MEETING 2005.// Retrieved October 30, 2005, from https://web.archive.org/web/20051030125249/http://www.younggloballeaders.org/htdocs/files/Annual%20Meeting%20Wrapup_Light.pdf)) Among the primary points of discussion in the 2020 Initiative is "Communicable diseases, outbreaks and pandemics," with the [[SARS-CoV-1]] outbreak specifically mentioned.((The Forum of Young Global Leaders. (2005). //The 2020 Initiative Concept.// Retrieved October 29, 2005, from https://web.archive.org/web/20051029192757/http://www.younggloballeaders.org/scripts/page8089.html))

She now sits on the Board of Trustees for the [[World Economic Forum]] alongside [[Klaus Schwab]], [[Larry Fink]] (CEO of [[BlackRock]]), former U.S. Vice President [[Al Gore]] among others.((Wikispooks contributors. (2021, November 29). //World Economic Forum/Board of Trustees.// WikiSpooks. Retrieved November 30, 2021, from https://wikispooks.com/wiki/World_Economic_Forum/Board_of_Trustees)) ((World Economic Forum. //Leadership and Governance.// Retrieved November 30, 2021, from https://www.weforum.org/about/leadership-and-governance)) In this capacity, she also appears on Dr. [[David Martin]]'s list of "orchestrators" behind the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] crisis.((Here And Now. (2021, November 29). //Dr. David Martin - No More Mister Nice Guy - Red Pill Expo November 2021.// Odysee. https://odysee.com/@HereAndNow:a/Dr.-David-Martin---No-More-Mister-Nice-Guy---Red-Pill-Expo-November-2021:c)) ((Martin, D. (2021, November 19). //Follow the Patents… …It will take you to the money [Slideshow].// Red Pill Expo. https://archive.org/download/dr-david-martin-presentation-slides-privateers-pirates-orchestra/Dr_David_Martin_Presentation_Slides_Privateers%2C_Pirates%2C_Orchestra.pdf))

===== Publications =====

Freeland has written at least two books - "Sale of the Century: The Inside Story of the Second Russian Revolution" in 2000, and "Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Super-Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else" in 2012.((Freeland, C. (2005). //Sale of the century.// Open WorldCat. Abacus. https://archive.ph/4sFr9)) ((Freeland, C. (2012). //Plutocrats: the rise of the new global super-rich and the fall of everyone else.// Open WorldCat. Anchor Canada. https://archive.ph/az9IG))