Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland delivers remarks during Canada Day celebrations at LeBreton Flats in Ottawa, on Monday, July 1, 2024.Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland declined to say Tuesday whether she has received assurances from the Prime Minister that she will be staying in her cabinet post, despite having a series of in-depth meetings with Justin Trudeau over the last four days.
The Finance Minister, who is also Deputy Prime Minister, said she had a long conversation with Mr. Trudeau on Friday, spent much of Saturday with him at events in the Greater Toronto Area and also travelled to Ottawa on Monday to meet with him again. “What I will say to everyone here, speaking for myself, is I do have the confidence that I need to do my job effectively.”
Other criticism includes that Ms. Freeland is not doing enough to win over members of the Liberal caucus, the sources said.In response to The Globe’s reporting, Mr. Trudeau told a Thursday news conference that he had been trying to recruit former Bank of Canada and Bank of England governor Mark Carney for years. He remained silent on Ms. Freeland’s future in the finance minister post but added that he has “full confidence in her abilities.”Political pressure has mounted on Mr.
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Does Globe report herald the end of Freeland’s tenure as finance minister?Some Liberal insiders say it&8217;s clear that Freeland&8217;s job is in jeopardy but others doubt that Trudeau would actually remove her, owing to her loyalty to the PM and doubts that Mark Carney would want to swoop into replace her as doing so would tie him to an unpopular government heading to the polls in just over a year.
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