Key Canada Liberal figure Freeland to leave cabinet | International

MONTREAL, Sept 17, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Chrystia Freeland, who was former Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau's top ally before she helped force him out, said Tuesday she was leaving the cabinet for a role focused on Ukraine. Freeland also ran to replace Trudeau as Liberal Party leader and prime minister, but lost decisively in a March vote to Mark Carney, before joining Carney's cabinet. Carney said he had asked Freeland -- a fluent Ukrainian speaker -- to serve in a new role, Canada's special representative for the reconstruction of Ukraine. Freeland said she was leaving her role as minister for transport and internal trade "with tremendous gratitude and a little sadness," adding that she would stay on in parliament but...