Trudeau Faces Rising Pressure to Resign After Finance Minister's Departure

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will participate in the swearing-in ceremony and chair a meeting with his new Cabinet later Friday. Trudeau is facing rising discontent over his leadership, and the abrupt departure of his finance minister on Monday could be something he can't recover from. A rising number of Liberal lawmakers are calling on Trudeau to resign but new Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc said Thursday Trudeau has the 'full support of his Cabinet'.

\'That's a view they are expressing. The prime minister listened carefully when that view was expressed to him,' LeBlanc said.'He listened, in some cases responded to specific things that were raised, and he said he would reflect carefully.' LeBlanc said the government will remain focused on work and addressing the threat by President-elect Donald Trump to impose a 25% tariff on all Canadian products when he is inaugurated next month. LeBlanc said he will meet with Tom Homan, Trump's incoming 'border czar,' after Christmas to discuss Canada's plan to secure the border as part of a bid to avoid the tariffs. Trudeau has led the country for nearly a decade, but has become widely unpopular in recent years over a wide range of issues, including the high cost of living and rising inflation. There is no mechanism for Trudeau's party to force him out in the short term. He could resign, or his Liberal party could be forced from power by a 'no confidence' vote in Parliament that would trigger an election that would very likely favor the opposing Conservative Party. As rising numbers of Liberal lawmakers called for Trudeau to resign this week, Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson said, 'We all need to give him a little time to reflect.' Concerns about Trudeau's leadership were exacerbated Monday when Chrystia Freeland, Trudeau's finance minister and deputy prime minister, resigned from the Cabine

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Canada’s finance minister resigns after policy clash with PM Trudeau'For the last number of weeks, you and I have found ourselves at odds over the best path forward for Canada,' Minister Chrystia Freeland says in a letter to Prime Minister Trudeau posted on X
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