Terry Newman: Freeland to lead Ukraine's economic recovery? Don't make me laugh

She didn't so much attract investment to Canada as bribe foreign companies with other people's money

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced Monday that he appointed former finance minister Chrystia Freeland as an economic advisor based on her “extensive experience in attracting investment and implementing economic transformations.” Yet it’s hard to see how Freeland’s economic experience would benefit war-stricken Ukraine. Worse, she accepted the position without informing her constituents first.

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As far as financial experience goes, Freeland infamously failed to deliver the fall economic statement last year when she was serving as finance minister, knowing full well that she blew past her deficit target by $20 billion. Great success!

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During her time in finance, it would be more accurate to say that Freeland made investments, rather than attracting them — at a high cost to taxpayers. Many of these “investments” were in electric vehicle battery plants in Ontario and Quebec, which were attracted to Canada by

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