Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland hold a press conference in Ottawa on Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2021.
In a shocking move, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland announced Monday she's resigning from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's cabinet — just hours before she was set to deliver the government's fall economic statement.Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland is resigning from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's cabinet, saying in a statement that in recent weeks she and Trudeau have been at odds over the 'best path forward for Canada.
LeBlanc, who has been close personal friends with the prime minister since childhood, has long been one of Trudeau's most trusted lieutenants. "On Friday, you told me you no longer want me to serve as your finance minister and offered me another position in the cabinet," Freeland wrote, addressing Trudeau. "Upon reflection, I have concluded that the only honest and viable path is for me to resign from the cabinet."
Hours before the lockup was set to begin, officials announced an embargoed reading for reporters would go ahead without any clarity on who would actually table the document in Parliament at 4 p.m. ET as planned.Conservatives win longtime Liberal stronghold Toronto-St. Paul's in shock byelection resultTrudeau has brushed off those blows and repeatedly said he will hold on to lead the party into the next campaign.
Liberal Ontario MP Francis Drouin said Freeland's resignation means Trudeau himself needs to step down and let someone else take over. Four other sitting Liberal MPs — René Arseneault, Patrick Weiler, Helena Jaczek and Chad Collins — also said Trudeau must resign. "That means keeping our fiscal powder dry today, so we have the reserves we may need for a coming tariff war," Freeland wrote.
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