On Monday, Chrystia Freeland quit government after clashing with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on issues including how to handle possible U.S. tariffs, as reported by Reuters.
In a stinging resignation letter, Freeland dismissed Trudeau’s push for increased spending as a political gimmick that could hurt Ottawa’s ability to deal with the 25% import tariffs U.S. President-elect Donald Trump says he will impose.
Her resignation came just hours before she was due to present a fall economic update to parliament, a document widely expected to show the minority Liberal government had run up a much larger 2023/24 budget deficit than predicted.
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