Freeland Attends WEF in Davos, Holds Undisclosed Meetings

Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland delivers the Fall Economic Statement in the House of Commons in Ottawa on Nov. 21, 2023. (The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld)

Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland is currently attending the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF). Few details have been made public about her engagements as government officials are not commenting on her specific activities.

Ms. Freeland’s presence at the event in Davos, Switzerland, was announced on her daily itinerary published by her office on Jan. 17.

“The Deputy Prime Minister will attend the World Economic Forum,” it states.

“The Deputy Prime Minister will hold meetings with business leaders and other participants at the World Economic Forum throughout the day. Closed to media.”

There are no further details provided. Federal institutions have not announced the attendance of any minister at Davos this year.

Ms. Freeland’s office, her Finance Department, and the Privy Council Office have not responded to inquiries seeking details about her activities or objectives at the annual meeting.

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The WEF forum takes place annually in Davos, with this year’s meeting under the theme “Rebuilding Trust” running from Jan. 15 to 19.

The WEF website has Ms. Freeland slated to participate in a public session on Jan. 18 under the theme “No Recovery without Trade and Investment.”

“Trade tensions threaten growth. Over the past 30 years, trade and investment have been critical drivers of prosperity,” says a description of the session. “Given current geo-economic shifts and fragilities, how can we salvage these two growth engines and retool them for the future?”

Other participants include WEF President Børge Brende, World Trade Organization Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, and Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan.

Ms. Freeland participated in two sessions on Ukraine at last year’s Davos meeting, including one that was undisclosed. In the public session, she said she was “extremely confident” Ukraine would defeat Russia and that this would help fight inflation and give a “huge boost to the global economy.”

The private meeting came to light after Conservative MP Leslyn Lewis filed an order paper on Ms. Freeland’s participation at the annual meeting. The Epoch Times filed an access to information request to obtain all available records related to the private session but the Finance Department responded there aren’t any to report.

Participants in the private session included U.S. climate czar John Kerry, Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte, and former British prime ministers Boris Johnson and Tony Blair, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attended remotely. BlackRock CEO Larry Fink also attended, along with other financiers.

Ms. Freeland is a WEF trustee. For a time between mid-November and early January, her profile had disappeared on the leadership web page of the WEF. With no stakeholders willing to comment on the matter, it led to speculations she had left the organization she joined in 2019 while she was foreign minister. Her profile reappeared online around the time The Epoch Times reported on the matter.

The WEF, a globalist organization steered by leaders in the fields of business, politics, and activism has the motto “Committed to improving the state of the world.” It promotes public-private partnerships and progressive causes, as well as the “Fourth Industrial Revolution.” This latter objective is supported by the Canadian government via participation in the WEF initiative Agile Nations network, seeking to streamline regulations across countries to help new technologies proliferate.

WEF leader Klaus Schwab has previously thanked Ms. Freeland for her leadership in driving the organization’s objectives, according to a signed letter obtained by The Epoch Times under the access to information regime.