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    Chrystia Freeland tritt als Finanzministerin zurück

    https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-chrystia-freeland-resigns-as-minister-of-finance/

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    1. Professional-Cry8310 on

      Freeland and Fraser resigning on the same day that happens to be the reading of the Fall Economic Statement.

       Is the end nearing? This is a disaster for the party… holy shit.

    2. No_Magazine9625 on

      Wow – Freeland basically went full nuclear on Trudeau in her statement, accusing him of no longer having confidence in her, of embracing costly political gimmicks, etc. This is going to be a complete clown fiesta for the next several weeks.

      I assume this basically confirms Carney is joining cabinet.

    3. dekuweku on

      Her communications abilities aside, i really liked Freeland. Sad to see her go.

      You can tell this GST gimmick and $250 rebate wasn’t her idea. We really should just call the PM the Canadian President, because that seems to be how the PMO wants things to be run.

    4. OntLawyer on

      The statement she released is brutal, especially the choice of words (“costly political gimmicks”).

      I think this may worry the bond market, given that it signals that there is a much different view of finances in the PMO than the modest fiscal prudence she clearly was trying to champion from Finance.

    5. Sensitive_Tadpole210 on

      Trudeau really showing his nasty side and desperation to hold onto power.

      He seems to blame his cabinet and anyone who dare go against him as why he is failing.

      I didn’t like freeland and thought she a bad finance minister but really the main resignation shoukd be Trudeau himself as well.

    6. McGrevin on

      I have a feeling an election is going to happen before next fall, I have no idea how long Trudeau can keep this going if more senior people within the party are also losing faith in him. I always assumed they were on his side which is how they kept the backbench MPs from replacing him as leader despite his growing unpopularity

    7. TripFisk666 on

      Well, they’re fleeing the sinking ship so they don’t go down with it. Trying to hold onto some credibility for the next election cycle after they’re destroyed?

    9. paranoiaszn on

      This is absolutely incredible from her, wow. Good for her.

      No wonder PMO resisted the secret ballot to address leadership, it would’ve been a blood bath it seems…

    11. Mediocre_Device308 on

      Just call an election already.

      This government is doing harm to Canada. Full stop. We are non-functioning and we need to be ready for Trump.

    12. Routine_Soup2022 on

      I’ve generally been a supporter, but history has shown it’s never a great sign when a Minister publicly resigns and cites you as the reason. 2025 is going to be an interesting year.

    13. dayum123456 on

      This is the equivalent of jumping the ship. But the question , what IS the ship? The government ? The liberal party? Or more concerning…. Canada

    14. gohomebrentyourdrunk on

      Kind of makes sense that if you think the Prime Minister can’t bounce back in popularity that you’d want to distance from him to try and keep your seat in your riding.

      There are some (at least somewhat) damning words in there and it worries me slightly as I believe Freeland was key in dealing with Trump 1.0 so well…

    15. KvotheG on

      Being the Minister of Finance is arguably the top ministerial position, second only to being Prime Minister. Any other position after that is clearly a demotion. Let’s call it what it is.

      The GST holiday is inflationary. You don’t go to the NDP for fiscal ideas! Social policy? Sure. But even if you’re desperate, you don’t throw money at the wall just to see what sticks! Or the $250 checks which I’m glad aren’t happening anymore. Seems like Freeland was against all this.

      The PMO is getting desperate. They’re flailing. These are not the signs of a government confident in their abilities to govern. And I’ll be surprised if this government survives until the next budget period, but I don’t see it surviving past that point.

      I’m not even sure Poilievre needs to hold back anymore. He’s going to be Prime Minister. He can be honest with everything he’s going to do, every cut, and still win with a huge majority. None of that will be enough to piss off voters because they are significantly more pissed at the Liberals. They’re done.

      I had my issues with Freeland. She was the heir apparent, but she did not know how to talk to the average person, coming off out of touch or condescending. But she was Trudeau’s most loyal minister, even in the bad times. You don’t reward loyalty like this, especially when your whole party has the knives out.

    16. SnowyEssence on

      I’d say a factor of Freeland’s resignation has to be Trudeau panicking about the polls and both of them being at odds about the tax break. It totally undermines Freeland when she wants to keep a strong fiscal performance for our government (as she states in her letter) and the PM goes out and wants to hand out $250 GST cheques (which let’s be honest won’t help the lower class much). It’s why she resigned today, and honestly I don’t blame her. 

      Repeatedly we’ve seen Trudeau not take our government’s fiscal status seriously and now he’s finally feeling the burn.

    17. Gh0stOfKiev on

      Trudeau the Feminist throws another female cabinet member under the bus.

      She was uniquely awful at the job and a horrific communicator (Disney +, “vibecession”). Never should have had it in the first place.

    18. Narrow_Reindeer_2748 on

      Good for her. Contrary to what some think, Freeland is an incredibly smart and capable minister and she has eaten a lot of shit for this PM.

    19. Fun-Result-6343 on

      I don’t see him dragging it out any more. Time to get on to the business of getting. Finance and housing misister both gone. You don’t survive that.

    20. Cody667 on

      She will most prominently be remembered for having blamed Canadian families for not canceling their Disney+ subscriptions to deal with inflation.

      Hell of a legacy.

    21. PaloAltoPremium on

      When this Government has gone so far off the rails even Chrystina Freeland can’t stand with it anymore, you really know its time for an election.

    22. PaloAltoPremium on

      Hearing the PMO is brining in a TFW to deliver the Fall Economic Statement this afternoon after they couldn’t find any Canadian willing to do it.

    23. Confident-Task7958 on

      The day is starting off bad for team Trudeau.

      The day may not end that well either – there is a byelection today in a riding that the Liberals barely won last time.

    24. Domainsetter on

      Who is even left in the group of people that the Pm really trusts at this point? Anad? Miller? Two days of big resignations from cabinet and a few really central people to his cabinet too. It’s beyond a bad look for them at this point.

    25. htom3heb on

      Country over party, good for her. Always felt she didn’t get the credit she deserved in this government. We need an election.

    26. banwoldang on

      Chrystia kind of represents the LPC base at this point (“progressive” urbanites who have enjoyed a housing windfall) so I truly do not know who this govt. has left if they’ve lost her.

    27. the_mongoose07 on

      As someone who has been sharply critical of Freeland’s ability to connect with Canadians I do applaud what appears to be a principled decision to resign from cabinet. I have to admit I was a bit taken aback by the language in her resignation letter – it’s pretty clear she has dressed him down for irresponsible fiscal gimmicks.

      I still don’t like Freeland – she carried water for reckless decisions and economically abandoning young people for years. But I do commend her today for standing up against Trudeau. Maybe out of self preservation but still.

    28. Feedmepi314 on

      Nothing screams things are going well like your finance minister resigning the day of the fall economic statement

      Just end the misery of this government

      I bet they’re headed right to the teens after this whole fiasco

    29. Domainsetter on

      From the CBC article on it, another aspect:

      >A senior federal government source told CBC News that Freeland’s announcement was not expected today. It’s not clear who will present the fall economic statement.

      So there’s two things from this quote:

      1) It was expected she was going to resign, but not this soon

      2) Very unlikely but if Carney announces it…

      In addition;

      >The embargoed lockup for journalists to read the FES was supposed to start at 10 am but that has now been pushed back to an unknown ETA, to determine if it is actually going to be tabled today or not

      Link: https://twitter.com/gray_mackenzie/status/1868673080274620537?s=46&t=4ZntrIMASDK3oTWSgZlnJQ

    30. Super-Peoplez-S0Lt on

      I guess it’s time for Mark Carney to make the hot tag to save this Liberal government from a catastrophic electoral defeat.

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