Freeland rises to Canada’s first female finance minister amid Trudeau scandal
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Freeland rises to Canada’s first female finance minister amid Trudeau scandal

Shifting Freeland to finance allows Trudeau to put a fresh, forward-looking face on his government's economic restart plan — one that's not tied to scandal, but is well-known and respected among Canadians and other countries who could do future business with Canada.

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