Freeland resigns from cabinet after a decade as key Liberal minister for role as envoy for Ukraine

Six months after Prime Minister Mark Carney tapped his Liberal leadership rival to lead internal trade, Chrystia Freeland says she's 'turning the page on this chapter' in cabinet, and while she will remain on as an MP, she will not be running in the next election.

Chrystia Freeland, centre, flanked by cabinet colleagues Dominic LeBlanc and Steven MacKinnon, arrives for the Liberal cabinet meeting on Sept. 16, just as rumours were swirling she would step down. She made her announcement in a social media post not long after the meeting ended.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY MARLO GLASS

September 16, 2025

UPDATED September 18, 2025

After handling multiple key cabinet files for more than a decade, longtime minister Chrystia Freeland has resigned from her post overseeing transport and internal trade in favour of a new role as an envoy to Ukraine.

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