Were not the first country to find itself in this situation with China and the Chinese practice seems to be to avoid in the early stages of these kinds of standoffs, to avoid higher level meanings, i have sought repeatedly a meeting with the Wang Yi, the foreign minister, my counterpart. Thus far that meeting hasnt happened. But if Chinese officials are listening to us today, let me repeat that I would be very, very keen to meet with Minister Wang Yi or to speak with him over the phone at the earliest opportunity.

Chrystia Freeland

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Talking about income inequality, even if you're not on the Forbes 400 list, can make us feel uncomfortable. It feels less positive, less optimistic, to talk about how the pie is sliced than to think about how to make the pie bigger.

Chrystia Freeland

feel think you positive

In practice, getting rid of crony capitalism is incredibly diffic... by Chrystia Freeland

In practice, getting rid of crony capitalism is incredibly difficult.

Chrystia Freeland

getting capitalism difficult practice

I love the Internet. I love my mobile devices. I love the fact that they mean that whoever chooses to will be able to watch this talk far beyond this auditorium.

Chrystia Freeland

will talk internet love

These illegal barricades are doing great damage to Canada's economy and to our reputation as a reliable trading partner.

Chrystia Freeland

These costs are real. They threaten businesses, big and small, the Canadian economy needs( truckers) to be doing legitimate work, not to be illegally making us all poorer.

Chrystia Freeland

The fact that flooding season and in due course, forest fire season, is coinciding with coronavirus in Canada is posing some special challenges.

Chrystia Freeland

Our government has been clear that we are a rule-of-law country and that we honor our extradition treaty commitments. That is what we need to do and that is what we will do.

Chrystia Freeland