Chrystia Freeland Quotes
There are no bad seats at the cabinet table.
Freeland, Chrystia. Press Remarks. Ottawa, 2015.
In 1871 the congressman refused to serve as chairman of a committee to investigate the Ku Klux Klan. Such pandering to the South was common for politicians who had national aspirtation. If the politican served on such a committee, he would have to aknowledge the existance of the murders, torture, and other criminal activity of an organzation that was very popular in the South. Or he would have to cover up the KKK crimes and lose the support of Northerners. So refusing to serve on the committee was the prudent solution.
The Romans had experimented with two leaders where each day command shifted from one to the other. It did not work very well and was not continued. Instead the Western world has moved toward a singular leader with very limited powers and many checks and balances plus the possibility of removal.
Christina Alexandra Freeland PC MP is a Canadian politician serving as the tenth deputy prime minister of Canada since 2019 and as the minister of finance since 2020. Freeland has held a number of portfolios over her tenure in government including minister of intergovernmental affairs, minister of foreign affairs, and minister of international trade. A member of the Liberal Party, Freeland represents the Toronto riding of University—Rosedale in the House of Commons. She is the first woman to hold the finance portfolio.