Freeland Resigns As Finance Minister Ahead Of Fall Economic Statement Release

Chrystia Freeland has resigned from Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Cabinet, announcing this morning that Trudeau on Friday indicated he no longer wanted Freeland in the finance role. Rather than be reassigned, Freeland has indicated that she has no desire to serve in the Cabinet on a go-forward basis.

“On Friday, you told me you no longer want me to serve as your Finance Minister and offered me another position in the Cabinet. Upon reflection, I have concluded that the only honest and viable path is for me to resign from the Cabinet,” Freeland wrote in a letter addressed to Trudeau.

The resignation comes on the day Freeland and Canada’s Liberal government was set to release its Fall Economic Statement, with reports indicating that a deficit in excess of $60 billion is to be announced.

“For the past number of weeks, you and I have found ourselves at odds about the best path forward for Canada,” she continued, before highlighting that the government needs to “eschew costly political gimmicks, which we can ill afford and which make Canadians doubt that we recognize the gravity of the moment.”

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Despite her resignation from Cabinet, Freeland has indicated that she will continue to serve as a Liberal Member of Parliament, and that she intends to run again for her seat in the next federal election.

It is unclear at this time who will be delivering Canada’s fall economic statement as a result of the resignation.


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