Freeland resigned as Canada’s finance minister

Khrystia Freeland resigned as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Canada due to disputes with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The basis for disagreements became a possible “tariff war” with the USA with the arrival of Donald Trump in the White House. She published in X a resignation letter addressed to Justin Trudeau, she writes UNN.

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In it, she said that last Friday, Trudeau announced that he no longer wanted to see her in the position of finance minister and offered another position.

On Friday, you said that you no longer want to see me in the post of finance minister. You offered me another position in the cabinet. After thinking about it, I decided that the only honest and correct step for me would be to leave the government. To be effective, the minister must speak on behalf of the prime minister and with his full confidence. By your decision, you made it clear that I no longer have that trust,

The minister said she and Trudeau have been at odds over the past few weeks about the best path forward for Canada.

In the letter, she said Canada faces a serious challenge because of US President-elect Donald Trump’s threat to impose a punitive 25% tariff on all Canadian goods.

We must take this threat very seriously. This means that we must maintain financial stability today so that we have reserves that may be needed in the event of a future tariff war. This means abandoning expensive political tricks that we can hardly afford and that make Canadians doubt that we are aware of the seriousness of the situation.

She said she intends to run for parliament again in the next federal election.

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