Federal Finance minister and deputy prime minister Christia Freeland is stepping down. Just hours before the fall economic statement is set to be introduced Freeland announced that she will leave cabinet immediately.
In a letter published on social media Freeland said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau asked her to step aside from the finance minister post late last week and offered her another cabinet post. She says she will stay on as a Liberal Member of Parliament and will run again in the next federal election.
