Prime Minister Justin Trudeau commented for the first time on the resignation of Chrystia Freeland, saying he had hoped she would’ve remained as his deputy after removing her from the finance portfolio.
Trudeau made the comments on Jan. 6 as he was announcing his plan to resign as Liberal Party leader and prime minister after his party elects a new leader.
“Chrystia has been by my side for close to 10 years now,” Trudeau said speaking outside his Rideau Cottage residence in Ottawa. “She has been an incredible political partner through just about everything we have done as a government and as a party over the past decade.”…