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Chrystia Freeland slams Pierre Poilievre as ‘economically illiterate’

OTTAWA — Canada got a taste Thursday of what a head-to-head political fight between two people believed to want the country’s top political job — the post of prime minister — would look like.

Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland lambasted Pierre Poilievre — the front-running candidate for the Conservative party’s top job — for his attacks on the central bank and his promise to fire its governor, Tiff Macklem, if he becomes prime minister.

I want them to oil wrestle, winner takes all.

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