A new finance minister was appointed at the end of a hectic Monday, but Trudeau was being urged to resign by members of his own Liberal Party.
“It’s been an eventful day,” the prime minister said to party donors at an Ottawa event without specifically mentioning the news. The day has not been simple.
Freeland noted conflicts with her longtime ally regarding how to respond to Donald Trump’s threat of tariffs in her harsh resignation letter, which was published the day she was scheduled to deliver an economic statement.
If the shared border is not improved, the US president-elect, who will return to the White House in January, has promised to put a 25% tax on imported Canadian goods.
