Canada politics news: Freeland says she’s not leaving [Video]

Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland declared she is “not going anywhere” when pushed by the Conservatives on Monday about her future as finance minister.

On the first day of the fall sitting of Parliament, the Conservatives repeatedly went after Freeland’s job as finance minister following last week’s appointment of former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney as an economic advisor for the Liberal Party.

Speaking in the House of Commons, Deputy Conservative Leader Melissa Lantsman claimed that Carney was “brought in to serve as the de-facto finance minister” and that Freeland was being “demoted.”

“She’s lost her job’s responsibilities. She’s lost her credibility. How long will the phantom finance minister endure this humiliation,” Lantsman said on Monday.

In response, Freeland made it clear her position in the Trudeau government is not at risk, saying “I am not going anywhere.”

“I can understand why the Conservatives prefer to focus on personal mudslinging and attacks rather than to actually talk about the economy,” Freeland answered to …