Carney Says He’s ‘Absolutely Not’ Keeping Freeland as MP Due to Minority Government

Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks with then-Minister of Transport and Internal Trade Chrystia Freeland as they leave a cabinet meeting on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Sept. 16, 2025. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld

Prime Minister Mark Carney says the reason he has not asked Liberal MP Chrystia Freeland to resign her seat is not because the Liberals are in a minority government.

Carney was speaking to reporters in Paris on Jan. 6 on the margins of a meeting of the “Coalition of Willing” to discuss terms of a peace agreement between Ukraine and Russia.