Freeland’s chaos-inducing resignation brings ever more uncertainty in the face of Canada’s trade emergency
Chrystia Freeland’s dramatic move has thrown the ruling Liberals into disarray, and raised new questions about the stability of Trudeau’s minority government.
‘She knows how to make a splash, and knows how to get things done,’ says author of new Freeland book
Catherine Tsalikis spent four years researching Chrystia Freeland’s life. She tells The Hill Times that she sees two constants in the former deputy prime minister’s life: principle and loyalty.
Trudeau’s isolation and arrogance will be his undoing
Did Freeland’s firing expose Trudeau as a fake feminist? To some, this is an irrefutable fact, but Trudeau has also humiliated male ministers, including Bill Morneau and David Lametti—anyone, really, who dares question his supreme wisdom. The underlying problem is that he attracted accomplished individuals to cabinet, then treated them like wallpaper.
PM Trudeau appears to have reached a decision about his future, but he’s not yet prepared to announce it, say some Liberal MPs
Unlike the Oct. 23 national Liberal caucus meeting, on Dec. 16, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ‘absorbed the message’ from MPs that it’s time to move on, a Liberal MP told The Hill Times.
Freeland’s cabinet exit sets ‘off a bomb,’ revealing Trudeau’s ‘inept’ leadership: observers
The government appears to be ‘improvising’ as it manages the on-the-fly appointment of a new finance minister, and an economic statement that shows the deficit has grown by more than 50 per cent, says pollster Darrell Bricker.
Dramatic day on the Hill after Freeland’s resignation
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrives for the morning Liberal cabinet meeting in West Block on Dec. 16, 2024. Trudeau was not in Question Period and issued no comment through the day following Chrystia Freeland’s surprise resignation from cabinet the morning she was set to present her fall economic statement as finance minister. In the wake […]
Liberals present ballooning federal deficit of $61.9-billion in latest fiscal update
The mini-budget blew past former finance minister Chrystia Freeland’s April promise to keep to a $40-billion deficit target. Freeland exited cabinet the same day she was set to present the document.
Parliament gridlock must end to tackle Canada’s biodiversity crisis
Critical legislation to combat the biodiversity crisis is being sidelined as MPs bicker.
Fisheries Minister Lebouthillier names a deputy chief of staff
Plus, Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne is down a senior policy adviser.
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.’
