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“I see colossal mismanagement.” That’s the first words of this former conservative MP on federal Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s resignation from cabinet.
“You have a record of Prime Minister Trudeau, conflicting with Jody Wilson-Raybould, Jane Philpott, Bill Morneau, and now Chrystia Freeland. The problem here and the common denominator is Justin Trudeau,” said Monte Solberg, former Conservative MP between 1993 and 2008 and the current CEO of New West Public Affairs.
Edmonton’s mayor meanwhile calling Freeland “a dear friend” as the two worked together while Amarjeet Sohi was a Liberal cabinet minister from 2015 to 2019.
“She’s a staunch Albertan and Canadian and works really hard for the country. I wish her the best and she has served our country exceptionally,” said Mayor Sohi.
Freeland quitting came hours before the federal government released its fall economic statement.
And the red ink was widely used — a $61.9 billion deficit. Well past the $40 billion target.
The statement also included $1.3 billion for border security and the current GST tax holiday on numerous groceries and items.
All this is not impressing the Business Council of Alberta, specifically the deficit guardrail.
“You now have a 300-page document where it’s hard to really take much of it seriously if one of the most important components of that has been broken. Then, what else is there? It feels like a paperweight of empty commitments,” said Adam Legge, CEO of the Business Council of Alberta.
Legge says he wants to see more job creation and more investment.
“Reduce regulation, make it easier to build things, make it easy to get Canadian particularly natural resources out of the country to other markets, add value to those natural resources, sell them at premium prices.”
Calls for the Prime minister to resign are growing louder after Monday’s events. Solberg says Trudeau should look at finding a graceful exit.