https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/chyrstia-freeland-fined-speeding-1.6944532 

 

Federal finance minister, who does not own a car, fined for speeding

Chrystia Freeland was fined $273 for going 132 km/h on an Alberta highway

 

Thomson Reuters · Posted: Aug 22, 2023 9:50 PM ADT

 

 

Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, shown here on Jan. 24, was caught driving 132 km/h between the Alberta towns of Grande Prairie and Peace River. She has paid the ticket in full, a spokesperson said Tuesday. (Nick Iwanyshyn/The Canadian Press)

 

Federal Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, an avid cyclist who says she does not own a car, was fined $273 for speeding in her home province of Alberta, a spokesperson said Tuesday.

Freeland was caught driving 132 km/hr between the towns of Grande Prairie and Peace River and has paid the ticket in full, her spokesperson Katherine Cuplinskas said.

Cuplinskas did not say when the incident occurred and what the speed limit had been on that stretch of road. The maximum speed limit on Alberta highways is 110 km/hr.

The news was first broken by the website Counter Signal.

Freeland, who is also deputy prime minister, represents the central Toronto riding of University–Rosedale and is often photographed on her bike.

"A fact that still shocks my dad is that I don't actually own a car," she told reporters last month.

"I walk, I take the subway. My kids walk and ride their bikes and take the subway — it's actually healthier for our family."

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960 Comments

 

David Amos 

Hmmm

"A fact that still shocks my dad is that I don't actually own a car," she told reporters last month.

 

 

 

John Braemar 

According to the Western Standard newspaper, she was going 142 in a 100 km zone. So please explain to me why CBC cannot get it right. One can be darn sure it if was a Conservative MP they would have it right !!! So very sad actually. This article makes it sound like she was going 132 in a 110 zone...totally incorrect ! 

 

 

David Amos

Reply to John Braemar

Do they know when she got a vehicle? 

 

 

 

 

Michael Walsh  

So what ,people get speeding tickets. How is this even news 

 

 

David Amos

Reply to Michael Walsh 

Whose car was she driving? 

 

 

Darren Cartwright 

Reply to Michael Walsh 

I think the only thing interesting about the story is that she paid the ticket in full. Politicians have a strong record of trying to weasle out of things...

 

 

James Minion 

Reply to Michael Walsh

When she’s a huge hypocrite and states she’s so environmentally friendly and doesn’t ever drive this news stands out

She’s also taking 10 minute private jets to substitute for 30 minute drives and creating 100 times more pollution than if she drove or 10000 times more pollution than if she actually biked like she said she does lol 

 

Joe Stanley

Reply to Michael Walsh 

So what? She is supposed to be leading by example. 

 

 

Nigel Stomp 

Reply to David Amos

> Whose car was she driving?

Yeah little detail missed in this article, it was a rental car.

Freeland Caught by Alberta Sheriff's & Minister Exposed

Keean Bexte <contact@thecountersignal.com>	Tue, Aug 22, 2023 at 3:34 PM
To: David Amos <David.Raymond.Amos333@gmail.com>

 

Dear David,

The Counter Signal continues to be at the forefront of the news cycle. No other outlet seems to care to hold Justin Trudeau and his government to account. Here is the breaking news that we are reporting, exclusively:

🚔 The Fast and the Freeland:
Why was Chrystia Freeland driving at such perilous speeds? Captured by Alberta Sheriffs going over 140km per hour, one wonders what could've justified such recklessness. This incident casts a shadow over her judgment and decision-making. Read the full story here.