BBC Canada's finance minister quits over Trump tariff dispute with Trudeau

[Mike 03]

This seems like quite an important story.

Canada's Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has resigned from her post, citing disagreements with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on how to respond to incoming President Donald Trump's threat of tariffs.

She announced her resignation in a letter to Trudeau on Monday, in which she said the two have been "at odds about the best path forward for Canada", and pointed to the "grave challenge" posed by Trump's policy of "aggressive economic nationalism".

Freeland said the decision comes after Trudeau informed her last week that he no longer wanted her to be his government's top economic adviser.

Her resignation came hours before she was due to provide an annual fiscal government update in parliament.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm2elggj813o

I really do like Justin Trudeau, but in reading about their disagreement, I find myself siding with Freeland at every issue. I wish this could have been avoided (actually, that is a huge understatement).

Please, Dearest Canada, don't make the mistakes we made. You do not want autocracy.

[Spazito]

1. This was a surprise...

I wonder what went on behind the scenes. I am speculating that Freeland is calculating the Liberals will lose the next election, the current polls back that up, and she is planning to run for the leadership of the Party when the question comes up. Something rather big must have happened for him to want her to leave the Finance portfolio, hopefully we will find out the back story soon.

Interesting times for sure.