Canada’s Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, who does not own a car, fined for speeding
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Canadian Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland was caught driving at 132kmh and has paid the fine.
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OTTAWA – Canadian Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, an avid cyclist who says she does not own a car, was fined C$273 (S$273.50) for speeding in her home province of Alberta, a spokesman said on Tuesday.
She was caught driving at 132kmh between the towns of Grande Prairie and Peace River and has paid the fine in full, her spokesman Katherine Cuplinskas said.
The news was first broken by the Counter Signal website.
Ms Cuplinskas did not say when the incident occurred and what the speed limit is on that stretch of road. The maximum speed limit on Alberta highways is 110kmh.
Ms 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 in July.
“I walk, I take the subway. My kids walk and ride their bikes and take the subway – it’s actually healthier for our family,” she said. REUTERS
