LeBlanc Steps In as Finance Minister Amidst Liberal Turmoil

Dominic LeBlanc is helping Justin Trudeau hold the house together even as a growing number of Liberals turn on the prime minister. As calls for Trudeau to resign grew louder following Chrystia Freeland's shocking resignation Monday, LeBlanc headed over to Rideau Hall to be sworn in as the next finance minister. It's not the first time the New Brunswick Liberal has stepped up for the prime minister at a time of crisis.

Greg MacEachern of KAN Strategies, a longtime backroom Liberal operator in Ottawa who hails from the East Coast, calls LeBlanc the prime minister’s trusted fixer. 'I can't think off the top of my head at any time that Dominic LeBlanc has made a situation or an issue worse,' he said. 'He comes in. He does the job. He fixes things.' Last year, LeBlanc agreed to become public safety minister after Marco Mendicino found himself in hot water for his handling of the Freedom Convoy and notorious killer Paul Bernardo's transfer to a medium-security prison. And four days after president-elect Donald Trump threatened 25 tariffs on all goods coming from Canada, LeBlanc quietly got on a plane with the prime minister to have dinner with Trump at Mar-a-Lago. Besides his personal ties to Trudeau — LeBlanc babysat the prime minister when they were children — Liberals gush about how LeBlanc's political chops and likability make him a reliable choice. Former Liberal MP Scott Simms said LeBlanc's secret sauce is that unlike politicians that just rattle off talking points, LeBlanc has a natural instinct for communication. 'Dominic has served in lots of other roles and is extremely well liked across caucus and across cabinet, and is regarded as having very good political skills,' said Tyler Meredith, a former head of economic strategy and planning for Freeland. LeBlanc's decision to take on the finance portfolio came at an exceptionally tense time for the Liberal governmen

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