Government source says there were discussions internally about the possibility of recruiting former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney as finance minister
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland speaks during the Canada Day celebrations at LeBreton flats in Ottawa on July 1.Senior officials in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s office are concerned that Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has not been effective in delivering an upbeat economic message as the Liberal government struggles to reconnect with Canadians amid low approval ratings, sources say.
Two sources say the view of some senior officials within the PMO, including chief of staff Katie Telford, is that Ms. Freeland has been ineffective in selling the government’s economic policies that have come under assault from Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre. Ms. Vaillancourt lauded Ms. Freeland as the first female finance minister, who introduced $10-a-day child care, dental care and pharmacare, and made “historic investments in housing and into building a stronger economy.”A Liberal Party source said there is also unease in the PMO over a controversial new tax on U.S. tech giants such as Netflix, Google and Amazon. Ms. Freeland says the tax will bring in billions in new revenue but some in the PMO are worried about the threat of U.S.
According to one source, the PMO did discuss a scenario, first reported by the Toronto Star, to replace Ms. Freeland with Mark Carney, the former governor of the Bank of Canada and Bank of England.
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