Canada’s embattled Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will announce a major cabinet shuffle on Friday, government sources told AFP, days after the surprise resignation of his longtime number two shocked the nation.
It will be a “significant shakeup,” one source said.
Chrystia Freeland, after nearly a decade at Trudeau’s side, announced on Monday she was quitting her dual roles as deputy prime minister and finance minister after disagreeing with her boss over US President-elect Donald Trump’s tariff threats.
The move marked the first open dissent against Trudeau from within his cabinet and has emboldened critics.
As many as a dozen new ministers could be appointed to replace those in the current 35-member cabinet who have signaled they will not seek re-election in 2025, and to relieve others of their double or triple duties in government.
Freeland said she herself would seek re-election next year.
Dominic LeBlanc, the public safety minister, has already been sworn in as the new finance minister and took over the reins from Freeland on negotiating …