‘I Was Driving Too Fast’: Freeland Responds to Getting Speeding Ticket in Alberta

Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland holds a press conference on Parliament Hill, in Ottawa, June 14, 2023. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick

Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrysia Freeland has apologized after being fined $273 for speeding at 132 km/h on a northern Alberta highway on Aug. 15.

“I did get a speeding ticket driving between Grand Prairie and Peace River,” the minister said when asked about the report during a press conference in Prince Edward Island on Aug. 23.