Last Week Today Episode 179 Show Notes for Monday, December 16th, 2024

Freeland Resigns Hours before “Budget Update,” January 6th Report Released & Pardons Coming, the wars in Ukraine & Syria Continue, French Credit Downgraded & More on Drones.

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Freeland Resigns as Finance Minister Hours before “Budget Update.”

In a shocking move, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland announce she's resigning from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's cabinet on Monday morning, just hours before she was set to deliver the government's fall economic statement.

As outlined in the December 16th, 2024 CBC News post, “Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland resigns from Trudeau's cabinet,” it's a disastrous development “that throws the government's economic agenda into a tailspin and leaves a huge gap on Trudeau's front bench at a time when Liberal Party support has collapsed in the polls.”

The December 16th, 2024 “X” overview, “Freeland’s Resignation Signals Discord in Trudeau’s Cabinet,” cites “a fundamental disagreement on policy, particularly in response to Donald Trump's policies.”