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Olivia Bowden in Toronto

Canada’s deputy PM resigns from cabinet as tensions with Trudeau rise over Trump tariffs

a woman speaks near Canadian flags
Chrystia Freeland speaks in Ottawa, the capital, in November. Photograph: Blair Gable/Reuters

Canada’s deputy prime minister and minister of finance has resigned amid growing tensions with the prime minister, Justin Trudeau, over the looming threat posed by Donald Trump’s “America First” economic nationalism.

Chrystia Freeland stood down on Monday, just hours before she was due to release the country’s first economic plan ahead of the change of administration in Washington.

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