It's time for the useless to be useless somewhere else:
Transport Minister Chrystia Freeland resigned from cabinet Tuesday but will stay on as an MP, marking the first departure from Prime Minister Mark Carney’s cabinet.
Freeland issued a statement Tuesday afternoon confirming reports from National Post and other outlets that she was stepping down from her position as minister of transport and internal trade.
I'm sure there is nothing to it:
Conservatives wasted no time going on offence as question period returned Monday, grilling the Liberals over emails that contradict their messaging on BC Ferries’ controversial deal with a Chinese state-owned shipyard.
“Newly uncovered documents show senior Liberals were only concerned about their political interests. They did nothing to cancel the contract and ensure that our shipbuilders could participate,” charged Conservative transport critic Dan Albas.
Albas told the National Post that the documents contradict comments Transport Minister Chrystia Freeland made in June, distancing the federal government from BC Ferries’ awarding of a major shipbuilding contract to China.
Freeland said on June 18 that, while she shared the Conservatives’ “concern and anger” about the deal, her hands were tied jurisdictionally.
“(T)here seems to be some confusion among the Conservative MPs about what is provincial jurisdiction and what is federal jurisdiction … the federal government has no authority over BC Ferries,” said Freeland.
But internal communications published on Monday show that, while Freeland was publicly distancing her government from the B.C. shipbuilding deal, senior Liberal aides were brainstorming ways to obscure its connection to a looming federal financing announcement.
One email, sent that afternoon, flagged a pending Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) announcement that it had loaned BC Ferries $1 billion for the purchase of the Chinese-made ships and related infrastructure.
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The brave Minister who claimed she resigned from cabinet because she was bullied into a $62 billion dollar deficit budget is about to applaud an $80-90 billion dollar deficit budget. Oh & she got caught lying again 😎 https://t.co/Ba9NtxXfZZ
— Lee Humphrey (@tleehumphrey) September 15, 2025
Now let us have no more talk about this bizarre cover-up.
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