Worrying about the poor is one thing. To contend that equality is necessary for growth is an altogether different and more radical idea.

Chrystia Freeland

If you doubt that we live in a winner-take-all economy and that education is the trump card, consider the vast amounts the affluent spend to teach their offspring.

Chrystia Freeland

When Canada works to counter extremism and terrorism, particularly in the Middle East, Israel is always a natural partner and a close ally.

Chrystia Freeland

If the Tea Party gets its way, there will be less government - which is great for the elites. They don't need the government.

Chrystia Freeland

We are very proud, wherever we are in the world, to tell you about Canadian values and what we think is the right thing for Canada to do. And when it comes to refugees, we very much believe in welcoming refugees to our country, and that includes Syrian refugees, and that includes Muslim refugees.

Chrystia Freeland

I love the Internet. I love my mobile devices. I love the fact that they mean that whoever chooses to will be able to watch this talk far beyond this auditorium.

Chrystia Freeland

This globalization is lifting up hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. The Left needs to see that.

Chrystia Freeland

My mother was born in a refugee camp in Germany before the family immigrated to western Canada. They were able to get visas thanks to my grandfather's older sister, who had immigrated between the wars.

Chrystia Freeland

My late mother moved back to her parents' homeland in the 1990s when Ukraine and Russia, along with the thirteen other former Soviet republics, became independent states. Drawing on her experience as a lawyer in Canada, she served as executive officer of the Ukrainian Legal Foundation, an NGO she helped to found.

Chrystia Freeland

As companies become bigger, the global environment more competitive, and the rate of disruptive technological innovation ever faster, the value to shareholders of attracting the best possible CEO increases correspondingly.

Chrystia Freeland

I know Russia well.

Chrystia Freeland

The tragedy of 9/11 and the bloody scrambling-up of the Middle East were painful reminders that the world had not yet reached any end-of-history ideal. But these events mattered less to the assumptions and strategies of huge multinational companies than one might guess.

Chrystia Freeland

This is the 21st-century paradox: Even as political democracy has become the intellectual default mode for much of the world, the private sector usually trumps the public one when it comes to accommodating consumer choice.

Chrystia Freeland

Assad is not the greatest ally to have.

Chrystia Freeland

The age of economic relations as the primary arena for interactions between states is already upon us.

Chrystia Freeland

The chief job of foreign policy today is helping to figure out the rules for the global economy and defending each nation's interests within it.

Chrystia Freeland

I am a very strong supporter of our government's view that it is important to engage with all countries around the world - very much including Russia.

Chrystia Freeland

Our light-speed, globally connected economy has led to the rise of a new super-elite that consists, to a notable degree, of first- and second-generation wealth.

Chrystia Freeland

Creating jobs for your country's workers is about much more than ensuring that the balance sheets of your country's companies are strong, or stimulating domestic demand. It is about figuring out how your country's workers fit into the global economy.

Chrystia Freeland

What is interesting is that, although it is framed as a war between the elites and Main Street, the Tea Party is actually really good for the elites.

Chrystia Freeland

Chrystia Freeland Quotes

Worrying about the poor is one thing. To contend that equality is necessary for growth is an altogether different and more radical idea.

If you doubt that we live in a winner-take-all economy and that education is the trump card, consider the vast amounts the affluent spend to teach their offspring.

When Canada works to counter extremism and terrorism, particularly in the Middle East, Israel is always a natural partner and a close ally.

If the Tea Party gets its way, there will be less government - which is great for the elites. They don't need the government.

We are very proud, wherever we are in the world, to tell you about Canadian values and what we think is the right thing for Canada to do. And when it comes to refugees, we very much believe in welcoming refugees to our country, and that includes Syrian refugees, and that includes Muslim refugees.

I love the Internet. I love my mobile devices. I love the fact that they mean that whoever chooses to will be able to watch this talk far beyond this auditorium.

This globalization is lifting up hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. The Left needs to see that.

My mother was born in a refugee camp in Germany before the family immigrated to western Canada. They were able to get visas thanks to my grandfather's older sister, who had immigrated between the wars.

As companies become bigger, the global environment more competitive, and the rate of disruptive technological innovation ever faster, the value to shareholders of attracting the best possible CEO increases correspondingly.

I know Russia well.

The tragedy of 9/11 and the bloody scrambling-up of the Middle East were painful reminders that the world had not yet reached any end-of-history ideal. But these events mattered less to the assumptions and strategies of huge multinational companies than one might guess.

This is the 21st-century paradox: Even as political democracy has become the intellectual default mode for much of the world, the private sector usually trumps the public one when it comes to accommodating consumer choice.

Assad is not the greatest ally to have.

The age of economic relations as the primary arena for interactions between states is already upon us.

The chief job of foreign policy today is helping to figure out the rules for the global economy and defending each nation's interests within it.

I am a very strong supporter of our government's view that it is important to engage with all countries around the world - very much including Russia.

Our light-speed, globally connected economy has led to the rise of a new super-elite that consists, to a notable degree, of first- and second-generation wealth.

Creating jobs for your country's workers is about much more than ensuring that the balance sheets of your country's companies are strong, or stimulating domestic demand. It is about figuring out how your country's workers fit into the global economy.

What is interesting is that, although it is framed as a war between the elites and Main Street, the Tea Party is actually really good for the elites.