Prime Minister Justin Trudeau lost his finance minister on this date with the resignation of Bill Morneau. He had been Trudeau’s first Minister of Finance, appointed to the all-important portfolio when the 23PM assumed office in 2015. Morneau was replaced by Chrystia Freeland. He later wrote a memoir detailing his policy differences with Trudeau and his team.is an accomplished public historian and award-winning journalist. He was research assistant on The Rt. Hon.
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