The Canadian Prime Minister is stepping down as leader of the Liberal Party after serving as prime minister for nearly a decade – a move that requires the party to choose a new leader.
Freeland, 56, was one of Trudeau’s closest allies during his nine years in power and had been serving as finance minister when she unexpectedly resigned last month after an argument over spending and penned a letter attacking the prime minister’s leadership and his love of “political gimmicks”.
Canada’s ruling Liberal Party is now looking for a new leader to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
The runners and riders to replace Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau From Mark Carney to Anita Anand.
Freeland, the most high-profile member of the government after Trudeau, had been finance minister since August 2020 and helped craft the government’s multi-billion dollar social spending program to help fight the COVID pandemic.
