SHOCKER: FREELAND PROMOTES TAX HIKES

Freeland, a former economics journalist, shared an anecdote about going door knocking in an upscale neighbourhood in her Toronto riding during the last election. She said one man told her that a Liberal government would cost him $30,000 more in taxes.

"He said, 'I kind of like you guys, I really like Trudeau. I sort of think you would be a better government, but $30,000 a year — that's a lot to pay just because I like you a little more.'"

Not only because she's a politician, she joked, but also because she said she truly believes it, Freeland told the man that it's in his self-interest to pay more to help his "compatriots."