{"id":494498,"date":"2026-01-05T16:59:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T16:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/494498\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T16:59:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T16:59:16","slug":"ukraines-zelenskyy-appoints-chrystia-freeland-his-economic-advisor-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/494498\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine\u2019s Zelenskyy appoints Chrystia Freeland his economic advisor &#8211; National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\tBy Staff<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Canadian Press\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tPosted January 5, 2026 9:04 am\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>1 min read<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>Former federal minister <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/chrystia-freeland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chrystia Freeland<\/a> was appointed Monday as an economic adviser by Ukrainian President <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/volodymyr-zelenskyy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Volodymyr Zelenskyy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Freeland has long expressed her support for <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/ukraine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ukraine<\/a> amid its war with Russia.<\/p>\n<p>She has said the country could become an economic juggernaut by taking up the opportunities it missed after the collapse of the Soviet Union.<\/p>\n<p>Zelenskyy, in a post on social media, said Ukraine needs to strengthen what he called its \u201cinternal resilience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Freeland quits Carney\u2019s cabinet to become Ukraine envoy'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/250916-FREELAND-MACKENZIE.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   data-\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t1:54<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFreeland quits Carney\u2019s cabinet to become Ukraine envoy\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChrystia is highly skilled in these matters and has extensive experience in attracting investment and implementing economic transformations,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRight now, Ukraine needs to strengthen its internal resilience \u2013 both for the sake of Ukraine\u2019s recovery if diplomacy delivers results as swiftly as possible, and to reinforce our defense if, because of delays by our partners, it takes longer to bring this war to an end.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/national.jpg\" alt=\"Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet daily National news<\/p>\n<p>Get the day&#8217;s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.<\/p>\n<p>Freeland\u2019s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Freeland, who has Ukrainian ancestry, was a cabinet minister and deputy prime minister in Justin Trudeau\u2019s government.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<ul class=\"l-inlineStories__posts c-posts c-posts--inline \">\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11584830\/a-new-cold-war-canada-looks-to-bolster-arctic-security-sovereignty\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1767632354_539_bfa64165b894bb8a1dd9a475c5b16b5b9225d707e2caf015f7a62cbc16bd9e39.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tA new \u2018cold\u2019 war? Canada looks to bolster Arctic security, sovereignty\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11598187\/border-assault-bc\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1767632355_400_4cc39f651f89ae7d55c67095f4a438bf997c44e7b81dd7834eee507279d08ff4.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tCanadian woman charged with illegally crossing into U.S., kicking border agent\u2019s face\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: '\u2018You know who I\u2019m talking about:\u2019 Trump takes veiled shot at \u2018terrible\u2019 Chrystia Freeland during Carney meeting'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/TRUMP_FREELAND_SITE_THUMB.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   data-\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t1:07<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u2018You know who I\u2019m talking about:\u2019 Trump takes veiled shot at \u2018terrible\u2019 Chrystia Freeland during Carney meeting\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>She was named by Prime Minister Mark Carney as Canada\u2019s special representative for the reconstruction of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>She stepped away from cabinet in September, but still represents the federal riding of University\u2014Rosedale, in the Toronto region.<\/p>\n<p>Her appointment comes as Carney travels to Paris to meet with other allies of Ukraine in a bid to end Russia\u2019s nearly four-year war on the country.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore on Politics<br \/>\n\t\t\tMore videos\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2026 The Canadian Press\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Staff The Canadian Press Posted January 5, 2026 9:04 am 1 min read Descrease article font size&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":494499,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2147,222647,50,80,273,3656,103],"class_list":{"0":"post-494498","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-canada","9":"tag-chrystia-freeland","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-politics","12":"tag-ukraine","13":"tag-volodymyr-zelenskyy","14":"tag-world"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115843561561529206","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=494498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494498\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/494499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=494498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=494498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=494498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}