Update: Canada’s CTV News reports that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is considering interrupting Parliament (prorogation) or resignation according to unnamed sources. The sources say he has spoken to his cabinet and plans to address Parliament later on Monday. This comes after finance minister Chrystia Freeland resigned earlier on Monday citing disagreements over how to deal with tariff threats from US president-elect Donald Trump.
As for Turdeau, his odds of being Tru-done just spiked to 88% on Polymarket.
Odds Trudeau is out before April just hit 88%.
Trudone? pic.twitter.com/Fo6cWd00eU
— Polymarket (@Polymarket) December 16, 2024
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In a stunning move that shakes the government, Canadian Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has resigned from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet after he tried to move her to a different role.
Freeland has been the most powerful person in Trudeau’s cabinet for years, and was the point person in strategizing how to counter US President-elect Donald Trump’s threat to impose 25% tariffs.
Trudeau has now seen the departure of two finance ministers in a little more than four years.
Freeland got the job in 2020 after the prime minister had a falling out with then-Finance Minister Bill Morneau over issues such as