Ottawa: Apna Punjab Media: A decade after she was first elected, Canada’s Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says she plans to run again in the next federal election, while sidestepping the question of whether she’s eyeing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s job.
In an interview, Freeland was asked about the Liberals’ current standing in the polls and the sentiment among some voters that Trudeau should step aside, and whether she would like to lead the Liberal Party of Canada if the job opened up.
In response, Freeland said she was focused “first and foremost on supporting Canadians,” after earlier in the interview discussing the range of promised affordability-focused measures from the fall economic statement that will take some time to roll out.
People need our support. Canadians don’t want us focused on ourselves, they want us focused on them. And I am also absolutely supporting our prime minister, who is leading our team doing a really, really great job,” Freeland said.
Trudeau has repeatedly re-emphasised in recent interviews, and when asked on Parliament Hill, that he intends to stay on and lead the party(opens in a new tab) the next federal election—currently scheduled for October 2025—despite some internal grumbling about his continued leadership after eight years.
According to the latest monthly seat projections(opens in a new tab) by Nanos Research, support for the Conservatives has been trending sharply up since the summer and if an election took place today, they’d be “comfortably in majority territory.”
Still, Freeland said she “absolutely” thinks the current minority Liberals can win the next election with Trudeau leading the charge.
I really have to tell you… and journalists never believe this, my focus isn’t on the polls. My focus is on my neighbours. My focus is on the Canadians I meet when I travel across the country,” Freeland said.
Canada’s Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says she plans to run for re-election in the next federal election
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