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OTTAWA, Dec 16 - Canada's Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland unexpectedly resigned on Monday over a policy clash with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, dismissing his plans for increased spending as"political gimmicks".
"For the last number of weeks, you and I have found ourselves at odds over the best path forward for Canada," Freeland said in a letter to Trudeau posted on X. Freeland said the threat of new tariffs on Canadian imports by the incoming administration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump represented a grave threat.
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