OTTAWA — Liberal MP and former finance minister Chrystia Freeland says she will resign as an MP in “coming weeks” after accepting a role as adviser on economic development to Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Freeland resigned from Prime Minister Mark Carney’s cabinet in September and announced she would not be running in the next federal election. “One cannot be a Canadian MP and an advisor to a foreign government. She should resign as advisor or as MP for University-Rosedale,” Conservative foreign affairs critic Michael Chong wrote on social media. The former deputy prime minister under former prime minister Justin Trudeau had sought the Liberal leadership last year, but lost to Carney.

Source: National Post January 05, 2026 14:37 UTC