Supporting Ukraine Part of Canada’s Inflation-Fighting Strategy, Says Finance Minister Freeland

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland takes part in the Special Joint Committee on the Declaration of Emergency surrounding the government's use of the Emergencies Act in February, in Ottawa on June 14, 2022. The Canadian Press/Justin Tang

Ensuring Russia loses its war against Ukraine is part of Canada’s plan to address high levels of inflation, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said Monday.

“I absolutely do believe that an important part of Canada’s inflation fighting strategy has to be to support Ukraine, and to ensure that Ukraine does win in the war against Vladimir Putin,” Freeland told the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance.