Freeland Says Canada Has Responsibility to Help Europe on Energy

Chrystia Freeland, Canada's deputy prime minister and finance minister, speaks during a news conference in Toronto in June.

Photographer: Cole Burston/Bloomberg
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Canadian Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said her government has a “political responsibility” to help move Europe off Russian energy dependence.

Freeland, speaking to reporters in Saint John, New Brunswick, said the federal government needs to step up to support its allies in the face of Russia’s aggression in Ukraine.