In a truly shocking development, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland quit just hours before she was due to deliver the federal government’s fall economic statement.
Freeland took that as a sign she had lost the prime minister’s confidence. She noted in her letter that in recent weeks, she had found herself at odds about Trudeau’s priorities and style of governing. Presumably among those “gimmicks” were the promised handout of $250 to any worker earning less than $150,000, and the two-month GST holiday. These are estimated to add more than $5 billion to the government’s already sky-high deficit.
NDP MP Charlie Angus used an expletive, then asked “How does a prime minister, on the eve of a statement that we’ve been waiting for for months, deep-six his finance minister and think that things are going to be normal?”Was Freeland going to use the economic update to cast doubt on the government’s financial management? Did the prime minister fear she may have intended to reveal the extent of her disagreements with...
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Finance minister Chrystia Freeland quits cabinet hours before economic updateDeputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has announced she's resigning from cabinet. In a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau posted to social media, Freeland said this decision came after Trudeau offered her another position.
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Trudeau has ‘maligned’ Freeland, Canada’s 1st female finance minister: Rempel GarnerSpeaking in the House of Commons Thursday, Conservative MP Michelle Rempel Garner said Trudeau had 'maligned Canada's first female finance minister,' pointing to a reported rift between Trudeau and Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland.
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Fiscal update in limbo after Freeland quits as finance ministerOTTAWA — The Liberal government's plans to unveil a fall economic update today have been thrown into disarray by the finance minister's abrupt resignation.
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Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland quits cabinet the day of fall economic statementOTTAWA — Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has resigned from cabinet on the day she is set to present the government's fall economic statement.
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Trudeau taps LeBlanc as finance minister after Freeland resignsOTTAWA — Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc became finance minister late Monday, as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau moved to quickly fill a sudden vacancy after Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland tendered her resignation from cabinet that morning.
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In tumultuous history of finance minister resignations, Freeland's exit stands outHaving a finance minister openly condemn the prime minister's policies on her way out is a fresh level of acrimony in Canadian political history, longtime observers of the country's politics say.
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