Freeland rocks political Ottawa, quits cabinet same day she was set to deliver economic update, sends Trudeau government into crisis

With leaks to The Globe and Mail last week reporting of friction between Justin Trudeau and Chrystia Freeland, she appeared to address the rumours by describing the pair as 'at odds about the best path forward for Canada.'

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau with then Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland at the Liberal party caucus meeting in April 2024, long before the rift between the two Liberals widened.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

December 16, 2024

In a bombshell move that rocked political Ottawa and the country, finance minister and former deputy prime minister Chrystia Freeland resigned from cabinet on Monday morning, just hours before she was set to deliver the federal government's fall economic statement. Freeland ...

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