People’s Party of Canada leader Maxime Bernier has criticized the appointment of Chrystia Freeland as Canada’s new Special Representative for the Reconstruction of Ukraine, arguing that Ottawa has already spent too much supporting the war-torn country.
In a post on X, Bernier claimed that Canada has committed $22 billion to Ukraine since Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022, alleging that such funding has “unnecessarily prolonged the war” and “destroyed Ukraine.”
He said Freeland’s new position would allow even more Canadian money to be sent abroad, adding that Canadians are “tired of being fleeced for Ukraine.” He also claimed that the position will “allow her to send even more billions to the country of her grandparents!”
