Chrystia Freeland's resignation and scathing letter to Trudeau shook up Canada's political scene — and it renewed public interest in her.

Canadian deputy PM Chrystia Freeland resigned abruptly, citing policy disagreements with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau over handling US tariff threats

Canadian Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, long Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's most powerful and loyal minister, announced Monday she was resigning from the Cabinet in a move that stunned the country and raised questions about how much longer Trudeau can stay in his job.

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Trump's remarks come at a time when tensions are high between the U.S. and Canada after he threatened to impose a 25 percent tariff on all Canadian products.

Freeland and Trudeau disagreed about a two-month sales tax holiday and $250 Canadian checks to Canadians that were recently announced.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is facing the biggest test of his political career following the resignation of Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, long one of his most powerful and loyal minis

Fallout following Chrystia Freeland’s resignation, the state of family doctors in Canada and striking Canada Post employees return to work.

As Freeland astutely put it, voters “know when we are working for them, and they equally know when we are focused on ourselves.” Thank you, Chrystia Freeland, for standing up for yourself — and for Canada. Tasha Kheiriddin is Postmedia’s national politics columnist.

"He had no interest, but I think the people of Canada should start a DRAFT WAYNE GRETZKY Movement. It would be so much fun to watch!"

Calls are growing from within the Liberal caucus for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to step down as party leader — and some have pegged Chrystia Freeland as their choice to replace him.Twenty-one Liberal MPs have publicly urged Trudeau to resign — many of them within the last week — after Freeland shocked Canadians on Monday by resigning as deputy prime minister and finance minister hours before she was supposed to table the government's fall economic statement.

Canada’s Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said she was quitting the Liberal government cabinet, citing conflict with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau over the direction of fiscal policy.