Credit: YouTube / Prime Minister of Canada
Ottawa was hit with a political bombshell Monday with the resignation of Chrystia Freeland from the Liberal cabinet.
Freeland stepped down as finance minister on the day she was set to table the fall economic statement.
In a resignation letter posted to social media, she said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau offered her another role in cabinet on Friday, but that the only “honest and viable path” is to leave cabinet.
She also said that government must eschew “costly political gimmicks.”
You can read her full resignation letter here.
Liberal Housing Minister Sean Fraser also announced Monday that he will not be seeking reelection in order to spend more time with his family.
See my letter to the Prime Minister below // Veuillez trouver ma lettre au Premier ministre ci-dessous pic.twitter.com/NMMMcXUh7A
— Chrystia Freeland (@cafreeland) …