Canadian Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has been fined for speeding. He was accused of driving at a speed of 132 kilometers per hour, which is more than the maximum speed limit, and was fined for this charge.
And Chrystia Freeland has faced this punishment in her province. Although this finance minister of Canada does not own a car. Reuters reported this information in a report on Wednesday (August 23).
Canada’s Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has been fined 273 Canadian dollars ($200) in her home province of Alberta for speeding, a spokeswoman said Tuesday. The amount of fine in Bangladeshi currency is about 22 thousand rupees.
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, however, does not own a car. Finance Minister Freeland was caught driving 132 km/h (82 mph) between Grande Prairie and the city of Peace River and later fined, his spokeswoman Katherine Cuplinskas said.
Chrystia Freeland later paid the fine in full, spokeswoman Katherine Cuplinskas said.
However, Katherine Cuplinskas did not say when the incident happened or what the maximum speed limit was on the road. However, the maximum speed limit is 110 km per hour on the highways of the province of Alberta, Canada.
Reuters reports that Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland represents a parliamentary seat in Canada’s largest city, Toronto, and is often pictured with her bike.
“What still shocks my father is that I don’t actually own a car,” he told reporters last month.
He also said, ‘I walk, I take the subway. My kids walk (to go somewhere) and ride their bikes. It’s actually healthy for our family.