Chrystia Freeland resigns from Liberal Cabinet - Rips Trudeau in letter!
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Chrystia Freeland has resigned from cabinet, but she is planning on running for re-election in the next election, which suggests there could be a second attempt at a palace coup against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
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Hey guys, Wyatt Claypool here. So let's just cut to the chase. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's
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liberal government has turned into a flaming car wreck on the side of the road that Canadians
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gawk at as they drive on by. Last night, John Fraser, Canada's housing minister and supposed
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rising Trudeau-like star, according to the liberal media, resigned from cabinet and he said he's not
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going to be running for re-election. And then the big bombshell is that this morning, Chrystia Freeland,
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Canada's finance minister, has resigned from cabinet, but she is planning on still running
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for re-election 2025, which indicates to me that there could be a second attempt at a palace coup
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against Justin Trudeau with Chrystia Freeland either leading it or backing someone to challenge
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Trudeau for the liberal party leadership. This is all hilarious because every single member of the
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liberal government deserves this amount of public embarrassment and chaos. Let's get into the letter
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that Chrystia Freeland released this morning because it is absolutely scathing. You can tell
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she is coming for Justin Trudeau's head. And honestly, this shocked me because even though I made a video
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two days ago, talking about why I think Freeland was going to resign within three months, didn't take
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that long. I never really expected her to be the sort of person to go directly at Trudeau the way she
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is here. I always saw her as kind of a loyalist. You know, we all remember what she did during the
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Freedom Convoy. She froze massive amounts of Canadians' bank accounts for donating to the Freedom Convoy.
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She has backed Justin Trudeau to the absolute hilt. So I could see her maybe leaking things on Trudeau,
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but this is absolutely just shredding him in the public view. So I will read her letter here in just
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a second. But first, I will remind you guys, if you're not yet a subscriber, please subscribe to the
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help me in this venture. Anyways, so I'm going to read Chrystia Freeland's letter here that she released
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just about an hour ago. It is actually quite shocking. So she says, Dear Prime Minister, it has
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been the honor of my life to serve in government working for Canada and Canadians. We have accomplished
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a lot together. On Friday, you told me you no longer want me to serve as your finance minister and offered
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me another position in cabinet. Upon reflection, I have concluded that the only honest and viable path is for
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me to resign from cabinet. I assume this also means she's going to stop being the deputy prime minister
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because how could you stay on that role saying that you and the prime minister just fundamentally disagree
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on issues? Anyways, I digress. I'll keep reading. To be effective, a minister must speak on behalf of
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the prime minister and with his full confidence. In making your decision, you made clear that I no
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longer credibly enjoy that confidence and possess the authority that comes with it. For the past number
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of weeks, you and I have found ourselves at odds about the best path forward for Canada. Wow. Our country
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today faces a grave challenge. The incoming administration in the United States is pursuing a
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policy of aggressive economic nationalism, including a threat of 25% tariffs. We need to take that
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threat extremely seriously. That means keeping our fiscal powder dry today so we have the reserves we
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may need for a coming tariff war. That means eschewing costly political gimmicks, which we can ill afford
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and which makes Canadians doubt that we can recognize the gravity of the moment. That is an absolutely
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insane line. She is saying that through the $250 checks in April and this GST-HST tax freeze, this holiday
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freeze, is an absolute political gimmick. And she's right about the tariff war. If there is going to be tariffs
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put on Canada's economy, which I kind of doubt all we have to do is just tighten up security on the border. Why, though,
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if there was going to be tariffs, would you blow all your money on just random, who cares, like,
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handouts now that aren't really going to help anyone? Nobody really cared about it. Like, the polling shows
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nobody likes the liberals more for handing out this money. When you might need it in a few months when
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Trump tariffs you, which again, he's probably not, but never say never. But Trudeau apparently thinks that
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we're all in the clear so he can just burn cash. My goodness. Anyways, I will keep reading here.
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She says, that means pushing back against America first economic nationalism with a determined effort
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to fight for capital and investment and the jobs they bring. That means working in good faith and
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humility with the premiers and the provinces and territories of our great and diverse country. You
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always have to mention the diversity. And building a true Team Canada response. I know Canadians would
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recognize and respect such an approach. They know we are working for them and they equally know that
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we are focused on ourselves. Inevitably, our time in government will come to an end. But I do like
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that. That's funny. But how do we deal with the threat our country currently faces will define us for
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a generation and perhaps longer? Canada will win if we are strong, smart, and united. It is this conviction
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which has driven my strenuous efforts this fall to manage our spending in ways that will give us the
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flexibility we need to meet the serious challenges presented by the United States. And this line is
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key because she is saying it is the blowing out of the deficit that was the last straw. Because she
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was technically on track to stay below a $40 billion deficit, which, let's be fair, is not impressive.
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That's still a crazy deficit. But Trudeau with these $250 handouts and the GST holiday basically just said,
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yeah, we're going to have like a $48 billion deficit deal with it, Freeland, take it on the chin.
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But anyways, I will finish up here. I will always be grateful for the chance to have served in
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government and I will always be proud of our government's work for Canada and Canadians.
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I look forward to continuing to work with my colleagues as a Liberal Member of Parliament and I
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am committed to running again for my seat in Toronto in the next federal election. With gratitude,
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the Honourable Chrystia Freeland. Absolutely hilarious. Because, again, she's just saying
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that Trudeau's a fraud. And this, to me, reading that letter there, reads like a campaign pitch. It
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really reads like a campaign press release. Like Freeland is going to declare that if Trudeau
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would just resign, I will take the leadership of this party. I will run as leader and show you how to
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do it. I don't think she knows how to do it. I think all of these people are incompetent.
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But it is effectively a bunch of rats trying to jump off the sinking ship of Justin Trudeau
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and preemptively, you know, take knife him. This is Chrystia Freeland knifing Justin Trudeau
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because he was probably about to suddenly announce her departure or force her to resign.
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So before she could force, before Justin Trudeau could force Freeland to resign,
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she suddenly resigned right before the fall economic statement, which is really embarrassing
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for the government, and says, you know, but I'm not going anywhere. I'm still going to be a member
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of Parliament. I'm not going to take any cabinet handouts. I'm not going to be your, like, you know,
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women and diversity minister. I'm just going to go sit as a backbencher and watch you fail on your
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own. And who's finance minister at this point? That's been the big problem with the liberal
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government, other than they're corrupt and terrible, is that they've brain drained the party.
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Bill Morneau was not a good finance minister because he listened to Justin Trudeau's Every
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Wish and tried to deliver it, and Justin Trudeau's a complete moron. But Bill Morneau was like an actual
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finance guy. In, like, a Paul Martin or Jean Chrétien finance, sorry, government, you could
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see him actually succeeding in finance and doing a generally okay job. With Trudeau at the helm,
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no chance. But then Freeland was a massive downgrade from Bill Morneau. And who do you put in that
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position after Bill Morneau? This is exactly like the attorney general. You went from Jody Wilson
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Raybould, who actually wasn't that good either. I know there's kind of a glow around her because
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she stood up to Trudeau. She was still not a very good attorney general and a justice minister. But
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it went from her to the absolute sociopath, David Lamedi, who actually, in fact, thought that the
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liberals went too soft on the freedom convoy. And then from David Lamedi, it went to Arif Varani,
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who is an absolute empty suit. He is like, he truly is like the C team in terms of who you would
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put on as your finance minister. Like, I guess he's a lawyer. I guess he has a law degree so he can
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technically be the justice minister. But really, can he? Can he really be justice minister? Who are you
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going to put in as finance minister? Mark Gerritsen? I don't even know who else is in the liberal
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government that's name worthy at this point. That's the problem. The entire government is full
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of just nobodies, just Trudeau talking heads, people who all they say is, I agree with Justin.
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Justin's doing a bang up job. Don't you know that the carbon tax actually gives you more back than you
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pay into it? Don't you know? Don't you know? Jenna Suds is exactly that kind of person as family and
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child development minister. Guys, did you know that you're getting your child benefit check in the mail
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tomorrow? Isn't that so exciting? Isn't that so exciting? It's like, no, it isn't. No, it isn't,
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Jenna. Stop it. Stop being stupid. Nobody likes handouts. And I know it's a tax credit or and it's
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like basically money back on your taxes for having a family. But still, why do they keep hyping up just
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random money from the government as if it's like a gift? You just received a gift from God because the
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liberal government have decided to cut you a check for like the amount of like keep yourself
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financially somewhat solvent. But yeah, I wanted to quickly cut over to what went on at the fall
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economic development because it's embarrassing. Journalists were leaving the room because it was
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so clear that this event was not going to go forward. But first, actually, let's look at this
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cartoon that somebody reposted this morning of a liberal outlet trying to hype up Sean Fraser and
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make him look cool. Here is a political cartoon of a big Sean Fraser chasing down pure poly of
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saying, look out. And on his briefcase, it says Sean Fraser MP housing plan. Yeah. Yeah, that worked
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out really well. Clearly, Justin Trudeau wanted Fraser out of cabinet because he was doing such a
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bang up job, not because everyone can see that the liberals housing policy sucks. Blanket rezoning a bunch
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of cities around Canada bribing them to do it isn't going to solve the housing problem. You need to
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reduce taxes, environmental regulations, and the amount of paperwork hoops that you have to jump
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through. Blanket rezoning has nothing to do with that. You can have zoning laws and have cheap housing.
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You need to make it easy to build those houses and not have it take years to be able to get your
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permits and to be able to actually start putting down a foundation. Anyways, but here was what happened
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at the fall economic development shortly after Chrystia Freeland announced her resignation. This
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is Brian Passfume reporting. And he just shows this is the room like an hour after Freeland said that she
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was not going to stay on as finance minister and the room emptied out. These chairs were full right
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before Chrystia Freeland said that she wasn't going to run again. And now the room is absolutely empty
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because nobody has confidence that the government's actually even going to bother with this announcement
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today after that bombshell. Here is Sean Fraser reacting to Freeland saying that she is resigning
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from the cabinet, a very defeated Sean Fraser reacting. Look, I'll tell you that I had the
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opportunity to work alongside Minister Freeland as her parliamentary secretary during the second
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half of the COVID-19 pandemic. I found her to be professional, supportive of me as a member of
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parliament. And I consider her a friend and that friendship will continue long after my time and
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in politics. This strikes me as curious. I don't know why you're saying all these things about her
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being a friend, unless you might be backing her play potentially to try and get rid of Justin Trudeau.
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Because if you know that Freeland's resigning and she's at odds with Trudeau and she put out that
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really scathing letter, you probably go a little bit milder in terms of, yeah, I like Freeland, but
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you know, she says that she doesn't want to serve in cabinet anymore and that's her choice. But this is
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like him backing up his credentials as a big Freeland booster. What that says about not knowing
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her own take on the reasons behind that decision makes it very difficult for me to assess what it may
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mean. But my sense is that she's been an excellent team member to work alongside and I continue to
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consider her a friend. When it comes to the government, if you're a portion of your question
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referred to my view on what it may mean for the government, is that as compared to the product
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on offer on the other side of the chamber, it's very clear that my own party supports the priorities
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that I think are most important to people at home. Investing in health care. Notice how he still
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hasn't said a single good thing about Prime Minister Trudeau during this answer. Putting money on the
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table to make life more affordable. Doing something serious to address the pressing threat of climate
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change. So from my own perspective, the choice is clear as to who will offer a superior point of view
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to Canadians when it comes time for them to go to the ballot boxes. But in the meantime, questions about
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Minute 30 seconds. There is not a mention of Justin Trudeau, not a mention of saying, I think that
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Justin Trudeau, I have confidence in him as the leader. He's the right man for the job. Well, if you
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know, obviously, if the Prime Minister doesn't have confidence in a finance minister, the finance
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minister must go. There was none of that. A year ago, two years ago, they would have just been
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absolutely hammering the person who was finance minister saying they disagreed with the Prime
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Minister. I can't believe they're such a horrible person. It's good to see him go. Good riddance.
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You know, they're a great friend, but they have to step down. They would have just been doing that.
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Now they're like, Chrystia Freeland is, you know, a lady and a scholar. She's amazing. Big Disney Plus
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enthusiast. It's been bad. It's bad for Trudeau. Because when Freeland is getting
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more well wishes on the way out without a mention of Justin Trudeau at all, big, big red flag. Big
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red flag that there is going to be another palace coup with Chrystia Freeland leading it, you know,
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taking her stiletto and trying to beat Justin Trudeau to death. Because you can tell that lady
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dumped her entire life into backing Trudeau and he just stabbed her in the back. Anyways, that's it for
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me today, guys. Remember, subscribe to the channel if you can, like this video, leave a comment. And I
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