MPs React to Surprise Resignation of Deputy Prime Minister Freeland

President of the Treasury Board Anita Anand, left, looks on as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland speaks to reporters during the Liberal cabinet retreat in Charlottetown on Aug. 22, 2023. Darren Calabrese/The Canadian Press

With Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland announcing her resignation the same day as she was set to present the Fall Economic Statement, MPs from all parties are reacting to the unprecedented news.

“Chrystia Freeland is a good friend, someone I work with very, very, closely as president of the Treasury Board and Minister of Transport,”  Minister Anita Anand told reporters in Ottawa on Dec. 16.