Canada’s Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland has inherited a disastrous economy as she takes on her new duties as finance minister after Bill Morneau’s resignation.

Global's David Akin looks at the challenges Freeland faces.

In a physically distant ceremony at Rideau Hall on Aug. 18, Freeland removed her face mask briefly to take the oath of office and become the country’s new minister of finance before replacing the mask to bump elbows with both Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Gov. General Julie Payette, also masked. She made history as Canada's first female finance minister.

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