Chrystia Freeland 's Travel Carbon Footprint - Rules For Thee But Not For Me

For those of you who don't live in Canada, the nation's illustrious and somewhat controversial Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance and lover of all things Schwab, recently said this in response to a question about Canada's growing carbon tax burden:

 

One might almost think that this representative of the global ruling class was actually concerned about her personal carbon footprint which meant that she was willing to not own a vehicle and chose to travel by public transit, however, this would not be further from the truth.

  

Thanks to the Canadian government's proactive disclosure program, the travel expenses of senior government officials including Members of Parliament must be declared on a quarterly basis.  With that in mind, let's look at Freeland's disclosures for travel from June 2021 to May 2023 in her dual roles as Deputy Prime Minister (aka Prime Minister in Waiting) and Minster of Finance:

 

 

One interesting travel expense was her trip to the annual World Economic Forum meeting held in Davos, Switzerland in January 2023 which cost Canadian taxpayers $10,633.04 despite the fact that she actually sits on the Board of Trustees of the organization which can well afford to cover her travel expenses:

 

Now, let's look at her travel expenses as the Member of Parliament for the University - Rosedale riding starting in the quarter from July 1, 2022 to September 30, 2022, noting that I have eliminated some quarters were there was either minimal travel or no travel declared (which I find hard to believe):

 

Virtually all of these trips are flights between her riding in Toronto and her "job" in Ottawa.  In some cases, she is flying back and forth between the two cities every second or third day and, on top of her expenditures on flights, is billing Canadian taxpayers for accommodations in Ottawa even though many MPs have second residences in Ottawa that cost far less than $300 per night. You will also note that in several cases, her airfare between Toronto and Ottawa is in excess of $1000 meaning that it is quite likely that these trips were taken in business class, a more carbon intensive means of travelling by air.

 

While it may be true that Ms. Freeland is proud of the fact that she does not own a car and uses public transit, it is very clear that she has a personal carbon footprint that is far, far in excess of what most members of the serf class have even though she maintains that she does not own an automobile.  No matter what else she may be, her travel habits prove that without doubt that she is a shining example of the idiocracy's "do what I say not what I do" narrative and that global climate change is but an excuse for people like her to further trample the lives of the majority of those who sweat while they work for a living.