Trudeau Readies New Cabinet Amid Concerns About Uneven Recovery

  • Freeland ‘optimistic’ about economy despite supply chain woes
  • New ministerial slate due in coming weeks after election win
Chrystia Freeland, center, and Justin Trudeau leave an Ottawa news conference in October 2020.Photographer: David Kawai/Bloomberg
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Justin Trudeau’s top deputy said a fourth wave of Covid-19 is complicating Canada’s economic recovery as the prime minister prepares to unveil a new front bench after winning re-election.

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland told reporters Thursday that shutting down the economy to curb the spread of the virus early last year was “a simpler process” than steering the country out of the crisis.