The Globe and Mail reported that senior officials in the PMO are concerned about Freeland’s effectiveness in selling the government’s economic message
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets with Bank of England governor Mark Carney at the G20 Summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina in November, 2018.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.
Under Mr. Trudeau, the PMO has centralized decision-making and holds a tight grip on government messaging from ministers, bureaucrats and Liberal MPs. 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.
After the by-election loss last month, however, some Liberal Party members and MPs have called for change, including a cabinet shuffle to rejuvenate the government’s agenda.
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