Canada Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland let the cat out of the bag in Davos. In a round table discussion, she said that the war is needed to boost the global economy.
“It is not about doing Ukraine a favor. What we are talking about, by supplying Ukraine with weapons, as President Zelenskyy very crucially pointed out, supplying Ukraine with the money it needs to win the war, it is ultimately in our own self-interest. So, I am a Finance Minister and if you were to say to me, what is the one thing that G7 finance ministers, the G7 governments this year could do, that is absolutely in our power? Right? We don’t control Covid, we don’t control global supply chains, we don’t control whether there will be immaculate disinflation, or not. One thing where we have real practical levers is, we can help Ukraine win, clearly, definitely. If we do that, if that happens this year—you know what is going to be like for you? There will be a huge boost to the global economy. So, I do think Ukraine is going to win....” (https://youtu.be/9z022jmXLCA?t=864 )
