Chrystia Freeland attempted to sweep ties to the globalist World Economic Forum under the rug by having them scrubbed from the internet days before announcing her bid to be the next Liberal leader.
The former deputy prime minister and finance minister quietly stepped down from the WEF Board of Trustees which she joined in 2019 alongside the likes of fellow Liberal leadership candidate Mark Carney.
She left without announcing her departure, either from her or the WEF.
Freeland’s profile page on the WEF’s website, which had listed her career highlights, has been taken down.
During the COVID-19 pandemic and under Freeland’s authority as finance minister and deputy prime minister, the Trudeau government issued nearly $3 million dollars in payments to the WEF in taxpayer-funded grants and contributions.
According to the transfer payments section of the 2020-2021 Public Accounts of Canada, the WEF received $2,915,095 from Canadian taxpayers.
Funding was provided by two departments – the Department of Environment and the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development.
The largest of the transfer payments to WEF was a $1,141,851 contribution from the International Development Assistance for Multilateral Programming. WEF also received another $1 million grant under the same program.
Other payments were cited as “contributions in support of conserving nature” and for the “establishment and management of conservation measures.”
The WEF would later be heavily criticized for its handling and influence of COVID-19 pandemic mandates.
In addition to distancing herself from the globalist-oriented network, Freeland deleted or archived all previous posts from her Instagram account, which now only displays posts related to her leadership campaign.
During her campaign launch in Toronto on Sunday, Freeland positioned herself as the best leader to take on U.S. President Donald Trump.
“I’m a tough negotiator,” she said in a campaign video. “During the first Trump administration, I fought hard to protect Canadian jobs, the Canadian economy, and our way of life. And we won.”
Freeland went on to say that she left Trudeau’s cabinet because she knows what needs to be done to fight back against Trump and his “billionaire buddies.”
“I left Trudeau’s cabinet because I know what we need to do to win that fight again,” said Freeland. Donald Trump and his billionaire buddies think they can push us around. Trump thinks we’re for sale. That he can take what isn’t his. We’re not gonna let him,” said Freeland.
She served under Trudeau’s government for nine years.
Both Freeland and the WEF did not respond to True North’s request for comment.
