Overview
- Presidential Decree No. 15/2026 formalizes Freeland’s appointment as a non-staff adviser on economic development.
- Freeland says she will resign her Canadian parliamentary seat in the coming weeks and leave her role as Ottawa’s reconstruction envoy, with the advisory job described as unpaid and not full time.
- Conservative MPs in Canada demand her immediate resignation from Parliament, arguing an MP should not advise a foreign government under conflict-of-interest norms.
- Zelensky frames the hire as part of preparations to strengthen Ukraine for either a recovery track through diplomacy or a longer war if support lags.
- Russia publicly criticized the move, and The Times reports Moscow imposed new sanctions on a group of Canadian citizens in response.