Lavin Exclusive Speaker Chrystia Freeland is CEO of the Rhodes Trust and Canada’s former deputy prime minister and finance minister. A former journalist for the Financial Times and Reuters, she’s also the bestselling author of Plutocrats, which won the National Business Book Award.
Her new book, Unreliable Boyfriend, is out now! Part memoir, part political analysis, it offers a rare insider’s account of how power operates behind closed doors and how America’s increasingly unpredictable role is affecting the international stage. Drawing on her experience navigating relationships with leaders around the globe, Chrystia offers a path forward, showing democracies how to build stronger alliances, protect themselves from authoritarian pressure, and deliver real prosperity for working people.
Chrystia has been featured across the media, from Reuters to The New Yorker to Financial Times and beyond. The Toronto Star writes, “Fundamentally, Freeland is defending something that’s deeply unfashionable at the moment: the values of liberal democracy,” adding that “she knows what she stands for—and isn’t afraid to defend it with vigour and eloquence.”
In talks based on Unreliable Boyfriend, this compelling keynote speaker draws on her extraordinary experience as both a political insider and an outside observer to help audiences understand the forces reshaping global politics, trade, and democracy. With firsthand stories from the highest levels of international diplomacy, she reveals what governments and businesses can do to forge alliances and navigate uncertainty in our changing economic and political landscape. Audiences leave with a deeper understanding of our national challenges and potential—and how we can build a more prosperous, democratic, and cooperative future.
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