Canada’s Deputy PM Chrystia Freeland, who does not own a car, fined for speeding
- The Toronto lawmaker and avid cyclist was caught driving 132km/h in her home province of Alberta, and has paid the US$200 ticket in full, a spokeswoman says
- Freeland recently told reporters she doesn’t own a car, and she and her children walk, bike or take the subway
Canadian Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, an avid cyclist who says she does not own a car, was fined C$273 (US$200) for speeding in her home province of Alberta, a spokesperson said on Tuesday.
Freeland was caught driving 132km/h (82mph) between the towns of Grande Prairie and Peace River and has paid the ticket in full, her spokeswoman Katherine Cuplinskas said.
The news was first broken by the Counter Signal website.
Cuplinskas did not say when the incident occurred and what the speed limit had been on that stretch of road.
The maximum speed limit on Alberta highways is 110km/h.
Freeland is a legislator who represents a parliamentary constituency in central Toronto, Canada’s largest city, and is often photographed on her bike.
“A fact that still shocks my dad is that I don’t actually own a car,” she told reporters last month.
