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”That means keeping our fiscal powder dry today, so we have the reserves we may need for a coming tariff war," Freeland wrote. "That means eschewing costly political gimmicks, which we can ill afford and which make Canadians doubt that we recognize the gravity of the moment."
Really felt like she was dropping what we’ve all been thinking about gimmicks and politicians more interested in themselves than the country.
Honestly if she felt this way then she failed at her job by not pushing that perspective.
Why did she push forward the cheques and tax holiday if they’re gimmicks. She could have said she’d resign before the gimmicks, but now that they’re out and have backfired I think that ends her political career in any future cabinet.
Honestly going ride or die on your beliefs is needed. Now she’s burned herself, yet she’s still throwing shade like it’s the parties fault, which just hurts everyone. Funny how she has this perspective now.
ETA: I might be too hard on Freeland here, I had mistakenly thought she announced these programs.
What makes you think she DIDN'T say she would resign if he did it??
Maybe you’re right, I had thought she announced it herself, but reading back Trudeau did.
I was definitely wrong there.
Totally possible she said she’d leave after the update, but I’m still confused on Trudeau asking her to resign on Friday.
It looks like Trudeau wasn't asking her to resign - he was looking to shuffle her out of the role and into a different cabinet post. Which isn't exactly a vote of confidence.
Again thank you for correcting me, I misread that.
If she wanted it to look like a principled choice, she should have done it before it was officially announced (and a done deal in private) or just after it was announced. Waiting until it's in place and public opinion is clear gives the appearance of yet another politician checking which way the political wind is blowing before making a move.
I could see her using this as pressure and a lead up to Trudeau stepping down so she can throw her hat in the ring with a little extra political capital and distance from the ruling cabinet.