Canada’s Finance Minister Calls Vladimir Putin “The Russian Tyrant”

Speaking in the House of Commons as she presented the budget plan, Freeland noted Canada and its allies have imposed severe sanctions against Moscow since the first Russian troops crossed into Ukraine on Feb. 24.

“But the mutilated people of Bucha, shot with their hands tied behind their backs, have shown us that is not enough,” Freeland added in reference to reports and images of Ukrainian civilians having been tortured and killed by Russian troops.

Freeland went on to accuse Russian President Vladimir Putin and “his henchmen” of war crimes, and warned that the only way for Canada and other democracies to be safe is if “the Russian tyrant and his armies are entirely vanquished.”