Canada minister resigns as Trudeau deals with declining popularity
Chrystia Freeland says Trudeau had told her on Friday that he no longer wanted her to serve as finance minister and that he offered her another role in the Cabinet
Canada's Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, and Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at a news conference in Ottawa. Reuters file
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Canadian Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's most powerful minister, announced on Monday that she was resigning from the Cabinet, as Trudeau deals with declining popularity.
Freeland, who also was deputy prime minister, said Trudeau had told her on Friday that he no longer wanted her to serve as finance minister and that he offered her another role in the Cabinet.
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But she said in her resignation letter to the prime minister that the only “honest and viable path” was to leave the Cabinet.
“For the past number of weeks, you and I have found ourselves at odds about the best path forward for Canada,” Freeland said.
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