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‘I am not a token:’ Freeland fires back at Paul’s accusation she is Trudeau’s ‘female shield’
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| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Jun 18, 2021 04:22pm |
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| Author | Rachel Gilmore |
| News Date | Thursday, June 17, 2021 05:50:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is firing back at Green Party Leader Annamie Paul, stating she is “not a token” after being accused of serving as a “female shield” to the prime minister.
“I am not a token, nor would I ever accuse another woman politician of being some man’s token – that is not how a feminist treats another woman,” Freeland wrote in a statement sent to Global News.
“I’m a proud feminist who serves in a feminist government with a feminist Prime Minister.”
Freeland, Paul had claimed, had a hand in former Green MP Jenica Atwin crossing the floor to the Liberals — something she said was part of a pattern from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of “undermining strong women, capable women at the height of their careers,” and of “pushing, strong, competent, capable women out of politics.”
Trudeau, Paul alleged, does this to women “with impunity.”
“I’m also going to say shame on Chrystia Freeland for her complicity in this, for being his female shield against all of that,” Paul said, speaking with host Greg Brady in an interview for 640 Toronto Thursday morning. |
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