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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

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Our culture is a very diverse one, and I think now it is incredibly dangerous and very wrong to persecute Muslims and say there is something wrong with being a Muslim.

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It's important to remember that, in the 1930s, a lot of people in the West looked at communism as a pretty good idea. That was partly because they didn't know how bad things were on the communist side of the world, but it was also partly because things were bad in the West.

~Chrystia Freeland

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The hollowing out of the middle class. That's not just about capitalism or the structure of taxation. That is also about the fundamental truth that machines can do a lot of things better than humans used to do. A lot of those people are being pushed down to do less value-adding jobs, so they get paid less money.

~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.

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A thing that really troubles me about a more polarized society is that you stop having a sense of society and citizenship.

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

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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.

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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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If you've developed an ideology that what's good for you personally also happens to be good for everyone else, that's quite wonderful because there's no moral tension.

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Biography

Nationality: Canadian

Type: Musician

Born: August 2nd, 1968

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