“On Friday, you told me you no longer want me to serve as your Finance Minister and offered me another position in the cabinet,” Freeland wrote, addressing Trudeau. “Upon reflection, I have concluded that the only honest and viable path is for me to resign from the cabinet.”
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Scenario: Freeland foments party revolt against Trudeau, figuring it’s her chance to be PM. Leadership contest ensues. Carney steps in and wins it.
Freeland won’t run for party leader, if for no other reason than she knows she’ll just be a sacrificial lamb.
And the old boy’s network hasn’t yet been able to get Carney to sign on the dotted line, so he’s a ways off from being a sure thing.