Canada’s Finance Minister Rejects Claim She’s In Conflict With Trudeau

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(Bloomberg) — Canadian Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland denied that there’s growing friction between her office and that of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. 

Asked if there has been greater tension between herself and Trudeau, or between their aides, the Canadian finance minister said: “From my perspective, not at all.”

Freeland’s future has been the subject of discussion within Canada since a report in The Globe and Mail on Thursday alleged that officials in Trudeau’s office believe Freeland has done a poor job of communicating the government’s economic message. The newspaper, citing anonymous sources, reported that officials had discussed the possibility of trying to get Mark Carney, the former governor of the Bank of Canada and the Bank of England, to take the finance minister’s role — with Freeland moving to a different cabinet post.