By Burlington Gazette
September 16th, 2025
BURLINGTON, ON
The Hon.Chrystia Freeland
Chrystia Freeland resigned from Cabinet today.
She said in her announcement that she would remain the MP for her riding but would not run in the next election
In her statement, which is set out below, she said that it was time for her to leave Cabinet.
And indeed it was time. Her involvement in the decision not to come clean on her part in the $1 billion loan the Canada Infrastructure Bank made to China to build two ferries for the British Columbia was going to blow up sooner or later.
Prime Minister Carney didn’t want that sword in Leader of the Opposition Pierre Poilievre’s hands.
She was tough, a little smarmy at times. On December 16, 2024, the day she was scheduled to deliver her Fall Economic Statement before the 44th Canadian Parliament, she resigned from Trudeau’s cabinet following policy clashes between her and Trudeau. Her resignation led to a cabinet shuffle, calls for a vote of no confidence from opposition parties, and Trudeau’s eventual resignation as prime minister and party leader the following month. Her decision was the start of a process that resulted in Justin Trudeau resigning and Mark Carney being named to the job of Prime Minister by the Liberal Party and then being elected as the Prime Minister shortly after. Her Memoir, if she chooses to write one, would be an instant best seller
More detail in a follow-up.
