The aspiring liberal leadership Chrystia Freeland says that he is postulated against the “Ottawa system” the more federal cabinet ministers join around his main rival, Mark Carney, governor of the Bank of Canada.
“It is essential for my campaign to see that this is not about liberal elites deciding. It’s about the bases,” Freeland said in an interview in the CBC program. The house that will air on Saturday.
“I am very happy to compete against Ottawa’s establishment. I think we need a change,” Freeland told the presenter Catherine Cullen.
The former Minister of Finance and Vice Prime Minister also suggested that Carney is the main election of the Prime Minister’s office.
“It certainly seems that Mark is the election of the liberal establishment. He certainly seems to be the candidate of the PMO,” he added, referring to the prime minister’s office.
When asked if he had any evidence that the PMO is supporting Carney’s attempt to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Freeland reiterated that “it certainly seems” and did not provide evidence.
“I don’t believe in second -hand reports, but it seems,” Freeland added.
The PMO told CBC News that Trudeau and the PMO “remain neutral throughout the race for liberal leadership.”
A Carney Campaign spokesman told CBC News that “Liberals want a change. Mark Carney is presenting a plan to achieve it, for the Liberal Party and the country, while a stronger economy for all is built.”
Until now, Carney has obtained more support from the ministers of the Trudeau Cabinet than Freeland. Until Friday afternoon, the former central banker had 13 ministers supporting his campaign. Freeland has five.
“My campaign tries to revive the basic democracy in the Liberal Party. It is about saying that we, as a party, must do things differently and say that if I am elected leader, if I am chosen prime minister, I will do things Very different, “Freeland said.
In a press release sent on Thursday, the Freeland campaign proposed six ways to “return power” to the party bases, including biennial conventions and invite the liberal group and its members to develop and institute a new process for leadership revisions .
Freeland against Trudeau
Freeland caused shock in Ottawa last December when he abruptly resigned from his work as Minister of Finance. In an open letter, Freeland said that the prime minister no longer wanted her to serve as finance minister and offered him another position in the cabinet.
The tumultuous saga was a devastating blow for Trudeau. Three weeks later, he announced that he would resign after the liberals chose their new leader.
Trudeau told journalists after his announcement that Freelands “has been an incredible political partner in almost everything we have done as a government and as a party during the last decade.”
Cullen asked Freeland if Trudeau was trying to undermine his leadership offer by linking her to her history. In response, Freeland said he believes that the prime minister “chose his words very carefully.”
The journalists ask Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, in the midst of his announcement that he will leave the position of liberal leader, about his version of what happened with the resignation of Chrystia Freeland to the cabinet. Trudeau said he has been an incredible political partner.
The former finance minister later highlighted some of the achievements of the liberal government, such as the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement and the provision for children of Canada.
“We have to be proud of what our liberal government has done,” Freeland said. “And we have to take advantage of that.”
Driving Donald Trump
Freeland has appeared before voters as someone who can face US President Donald Trump. In it campaign launch On Sunday, Freeland said it would be “firm and determined in the defense of national interest.”
During his interview, Freeland said that Trump takes very seriously and referred to the president’s constant threat of using “economic force”, as tariffs, to absorb Canada as state number 51 of the United States.
“This is an existential challenge and I know that I have the courage to defend Canada. I have the plan to defend Canada and I know we can do it,” Freeland said.
He asked that Canada “today” a specific retaliation plan, dollar per dollar, that covers 200 billion dollars of US exports, such as Michigan dishwasher and Wisconsin cheese.
“Trump doesn’t really care if Canadian politicians hit the table with their fists. But he will care if Wisconsin’s dairy lobby calls him and says: ‘Mr. President, this will be terrible if Canadians do it,'” he said Freeland. saying.
“Now we need to activate those Americans to start pressing their own president,” Freeland added.
During an interview with The House presenter of CBC Radio, Catherine Cullen, the liberal leadership candidate Chrystia Freeland says that Canada should respond to the threats of US President Donald Trump with important counter -aracale.
Before taking the possession of the President, Canada prepared a first round of counter -collars in case Trump fulfilled his threat after taking oath. The countermeasures covered 37 billion dollars in goods that would be less harmful to the Canadian economy.
The Canadian government is also preparing additional retaliation tariffs that would cover up to 110 billion dollars, depending on the actions of the Trump administration. These could be potentially more harmful to the Canadian economy.
Some provincial officials, such as Saskatchewan Prime Minister Scott Moe, have said They will not support a dollar retaliation plan. because it would harm Canadians.
Freeland justified his plan by saying that, for Trump, “weakness is a provocation” and “capitulation is not a negotiation strategy.”
“He wants to hit you and push you as far as I can, so it is essential that we say very clearly: Canada is not for sale. Our sovereignty is not negotiable. We take you seriously, but I am not afraid of you. And if you hit us, you We will return the blow, “Freeland said.
