Trudeau Outlines ‘Expansionist Strategy’ With Freeland On Board
- Canadian prime minister suspends parliament to refocus agenda
- New finance minister considered best bet to impose discipline
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Justin Trudeau, seeking to rejuvenate his government’s mandate amid an ethics scandal and double digit unemployment, named a new finance minister, suspended all parliamentary business, and promised to return next month with an “ambitious” new spending plan to help drive the recovery.
The Canadian leader prorogued the legislature, a formal act that ends the current parliamentary session, in order to outline a new agenda, which he plans to introduce on Sept. 23.