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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

We in Canada are not going to say Muslims are worse than Christians or are worse than Jews or are worse than atheists. Chrystia Freeland

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One thing America gets right is being open to innovation. Canada and Scandinavia have to do better on that. Chrystia Freeland

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The progressives like to talk a lot about poverty - and you should. However, it's the guys in the middle who have really been hurt by the global economy . The people at the bottom have been holding on to their jobs quite well, actually. Chrystia Freeland

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I think Obama and the economists around him have a very sophisticated understanding of both globalization and the technology revolution and the impact they're having on the world economy and they way they're creating these winner-take-all spirals. Chrystia Freeland

Western investment is usually assumed to walk hand-in-hand with the democratic values of its home countries, and indeed, opening an economy to outside money is one of the textbook steps in a shift from authoritarianism to an open society. Chrystia Freeland

Motherhood may be a 'killer' when it comes to becoming a Master of the Universe, but among middle-class mothers, even after that touch of baby's lips to bosom, a big and growing number find themselves able - and often required - to bring home the family bacon. Chrystia Freeland

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One of the most important political and economic facts of this young century is that capital has been slipping the traces of the nation-state. Business is global; government is national. Chrystia Freeland

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Plutocrats were the chief beneficiaries of so-called neoliberalism and the suite of political changes it brought beginning in the late 1970s - deregulation, weaker protection for unions, the shareholder value movement, and the subsequent inflation of executive compensation. Chrystia Freeland

I cut my teeth as a journalist writing about societies that didn't have democracy. Chrystia Freeland

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My respect for politicians has increased. It's hard work - even hard physical work. Chrystia Freeland

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I have always liked hanging out with people and talking to people. Chrystia Freeland

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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

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It was surprising to me to hear a member question whether another member of the House was an adult. We're all adults in the House of Commons, and I think it diminishes us all to suggest otherwise. Chrystia Freeland

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Shipping middle-class jobs to China, or hollowing them out with machines, is a win for smart managers and their shareholders. We call the result higher productivity. But, looked at through the lens of middle-class jobs, it is a loss. Chrystia Freeland

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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

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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

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All of us can agree that we want government to work as well as possible, and we should all applaud efforts to improve it. But there is no escaping the divisive and essential questions: What is the purpose of the state, and whom does it serve? Chrystia Freeland

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