US EditionCarney says Freeland’s resignation is ‘consistent’ with Ukraine role
Chrystia Freeland will resign her parliamentary seat to serve as an unpaid economic adviser to Ukrainian President Zelenskyy and become CEO of the Rhodes Trust on July 1.
- On Monday, Chrystia Freeland, Ontario Liberal MP and former deputy prime minister, announced she will leave her seat in the coming weeks to serve as an unpaid economic adviser to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
- Her prior appointment in September as Canada’s special representative for Ukraine's reconstruction led her to step down from cabinet while initially remaining an MP, Freeland said.
- Prime Minister Mark Carney said the upcoming resignation is `consistent` with taking an unpaid adviser role and said at a Paris news conference he did not ask Freeland to stay as an MP.
- Her departure creates a vacancy in the House of Commons amid a minority Liberal government, and Chrystia Freeland will become CEO of the Rhodes Trust, Oxford, England, starting July 1.
- Freeland, who is of Ukrainian descent, lived in Ukraine and Russia as a journalist and thanked constituents Monday in social media posts, saying, `I want to thank my constituents for their years of confidence in me.` and `I am so grateful to have been your representative.
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