Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton described the Liberal government as a “trailbreaker” as she addressed the party’s national convention on May 5, urging for more feminist economic policies, keeping up support for Ukraine, and deterring China’s aggression in the Indo-Pacific region. Former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien, who also delivered his keynote address, took shots at opposition conservatives.
The former U.S. presidential candidate was on stage alongside Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland where she praised the federal Liberals as an “optimistic, progressive, forward-looking party.”
“In many ways, the Liberal Party of Canada is a trailbreaker,” Clinton said in front of 3,500 attendees at the Shaw Centre in downtown Ottawa. She was referring to the national child care policy launched by the minority government that set the cost of child care to $10 a day….