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方慧兰辞任内阁，任乌克兰事务代表
Canada's Chrystia Freeland quits cabinet to become Ukraine envoy
Chrystia Freeland has served as a Liberal MP in Canada since 2015. In 2020, she became the country's first female finance minister.Canadian minister and member of parliament Chrystia Freeland announced on Tuesday that she will step down from Prime Minister Mark Carney's cabinet and will not run for re-election.
Freeland will instead take on a new role as Canada's special envoy to Ukraine, Carney said.
She has been a fixture of Canadian politics since 2015, serving as former finance and foreign affairs minister, as well as deputy prime minister. Freeland is also credited with forcing former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's exit after abruptly resigning from his cabinet last year.
She announced her resignation in a post on X, writing that she made the decision "with tremendous gratitude and a little sadness".
"I have decided to step down from cabinet today and turn the page on this chapter in my life. I do not intend to run in the next election," she said.
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In his own statement, Carney thanked Freeland "for her extraordinary service in the Cabinet of Canada's federal government over the last decade".
He added that he asked her to serve as Canada's new Special Representative for the Reconstruction of Ukraine, in addition to her role as a Liberal MP.
Earlier this year, Canada committed an additional C$2bn ($1.46bn; £1bn) in military assistance to Ukraine. Carney later made a surprise visit to Kyiv in August.
Freeland, a former journalist who is of Ukrainian heritage, has long been a vocal supporter of Ukraine in its ongoing war with Russia. In 2014, she was placed on a Kremlin list of westerners who were banned from entering Russia in retaliation of sanctions against Moscow.
Since May, she had been serving as Transport and Internal Trade Minister under the Liberal Carney government, overseeing efforts to dismantle internal trade barriers between provinces as Canada works to address the impact of US tariffs.
In 2020, Freeland became the first woman to be appointed as finance minister in Canada's history, where she managed Canada's financial response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
She abruptly resigned from that post in December 2024 via a letter shared publicly on X, hours before she was due to table a government fiscal update.
In the letter, Freeland called out former Prime Minister Trudeau for "costly political gimmicks" and said the two had been "at odds about the best path forward for Canada."
The resignation triggered the fall of Trudeau's political career. He later resigned as prime minister in January after nine years in office.
Freeland later ran to replace Trudeau as Liberal Party leader but lost to Carney.
She is also credited with helping renegotiate the current free trade agreement between Canada, the US and Mexico during President Donald Trump's first term in 2018. Trump later called her "toxic".
The USMCA trade deal - or CUSMA in Canada - has been credited with helping the country largely avoid a stiff 35% tariff rate imposed by Trump, who granted Canada a carve out for goods covered by the free trade agreement.
That deal is now up for another round of renegotiations in 2026.
In her post on X, Freeland said her decision to resign was not made "to spend more time with my family or because the burden of elected office is too heavy to bear".
"For me and for my wonderful husband and children, public service has been a privilege and not a sacrifice," she said.
"I am grateful for every minute, and I hope more Canadian girls and women will step up and seek the joys and rewards of elected politics for themselves and for their families."
方慧兰辞任内阁，出任乌克兰事务代表
RCI 2025年9月16日
联邦交通和国内贸易部长方慧兰（又名弗里兰，Chrystia Freeland）宣佈辞去内阁职务，总理卡尼将任命她为加拿大乌克兰重建特别代表。
方慧兰在社交媒体X上发表公开信，说她决定翻过人生这一页，不会在下届选举中寻求连任。
她表示，自己是怀着无尽的感激和些许不舍做出有关决定。
信中方慧兰强调，加拿大政府团队取得的成就，包括她领导团队重新谈判《北美自由贸易协定》、在疫情期间保持AAA信用评级以及加拿大对乌克兰的支持。
联邦交通部长方慧兰抨击中国船厂与BC渡轮的交易。
她指出，在民主制度下，没有人能永久担任政治职务。
在经历了12年美好的公职生涯后，我知道现在是时候退位让贤，迎接新的挑战。
尽管方慧兰仍担任自2015年以来代表的多伦多大学-罗斯代尔选区（University—Rosedale）议员，预计她将宣布辞职。她身边人士透露，具体日期未定，但她正在与选区办公室协商，以确保顺利过渡。
总理卡尼在声明中感谢她为内阁做出的杰出贡献和奉献精神，又指她是新任务的不二之选。
曾为七国集团财政部长、外交部长和国际贸易部长的方慧兰，全赖她与乌克兰及其经济有著深厚联系和理解，具备接手新任务的独特优势。
我已邀请方慧兰在履行议员职责的同时，兼任加拿大乌克兰重建事务新任特别代表。
特别代表的职责非只外交性、而是政治性的。其职责将为与外国政府、银行和私营企业合作，为乌克兰的重建作出贡献。
过去动荡的一年
2013年，方慧兰在多伦多中区（Toronto-Centre）补选中进入联邦政坛。
10多年公职生涯中，方慧兰曾担任总理特鲁多的得力助手多年。2017年、特朗普第一届政府期间，她领导加拿大代表团参加《加美墨协定》（CUSMA）谈判时表现突出。之后她平步青云，于2019年获得副总理职位，并在2020年兼任财政部长。
左起：加拿大副总理方慧兰、墨西哥北美事务副部长塞亚德（Jesús Seade）和美国贸易代表莱特希泽在（Robert Lighthizer）在《加美墨协定》签署后自豪地合影。
左起：加拿大副总理方慧兰（又名弗里兰，Chrystia Freeland）、墨西哥北美事务副部长塞亚德（Jesús Seade）和美国贸易代表莱特希泽在（Robert Lighthizer）在《加美墨协定》签署后自豪地合影。
方慧兰的手腕，就连特朗普也称她为有毒；俄罗斯亦被她惹恼，在2014年对她实施了制裁。
但2024年12月，她轰动性地辞去财政部长兼副总理职务，为自由党引发巨大震动。当时，她抨联邦政府的经济管理属代价高昂的政治噱头。她又解释说，自己之所以离开，是因为特鲁多打算撤销她的财政部长职务，而只给她一个不掌管财政的内阁职位。
其辞职使特鲁多政府陷入了前所未有的危机。不到一个月后，总理特鲁多也宣布辞职。
之后方慧兰与卡尼竞争自由党领袖一职，最后方慧兰以仅8%的得票率惨败于卡尼。
消息人士透露，众议院领袖麦金农（Steven MacKinnon）将接管交通部事务，勒布朗（Dominic LeBlanc）则将内贸事务纳入其职责范围。
