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Justin Trudeau listens to Chrystia Freeland during a news conference in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, on May 31, 2018. - Chris Wattie/Reuters. ... The Today Show.
Canada's Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland unexpectedly resigned on Monday, saying she was no longer on the same page with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau about the best path forward for Canada.
Speaking at a press conference outside his residence at Rideau Cottage on Monday, Trudeau addressed the fallout and initially praised his former deputy. “Chrystia has been by my side for close ...
Chrystia Alexandra Freeland PC MP (born August 2, 1968) is a Canadian politician and journalist who has served as the member of Parliament (MP) for University—Rosedale since 2015. She also served as the tenth deputy prime minister of Canada from 2019 to 2024.
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Freeland and Trudeau in 2018. Chrystia Freeland was appointed Canada's deputy prime minister in 2019, following the re-election of Trudeau's government, and was the country's first female finance minister in 2020, and was often nicknamed the "minister of everything", and widely seen as a potential successor to Trudeau for the leadership of the Liberal Party.
Trudeau, burdened by cratering popularity among Canadian voters, was finally forced to step down after the resignation of his deputy prime minister and finance minister, Chrystia Freeland, last month.
Freeland had been expected to run against him in seeking the party's top position. Born to a Ukrainian mother in the western province of Alberta, the 56-year-old was a journalist before entering ...