After France and Germany, Canada has become the third big economy to plunge into political turmoil weeks before Donald Trump’s return as US president. Finance minister Chrystia Freeland’s stunning resignation on Monday after falling out with Justin Trudeau has prompted calls for the prime minister himself to stand down — including from within his own Liberal party. Having leadership crises in three G7 democracies just when US allies must work together to deal with a new disruptive president in the White House is unfortunate. For Canada, the timing is especially poor. The crisis was precipitated in part by Trump’s threat of 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian imports, which could severely damage its economy.
繼法國和德國之后，加拿大成為第三個在唐納德?特朗普(Donald Trump)重返美國總統職位前幾周陷入政治動蕩的大經濟體。財政部長克里斯蒂婭?弗里蘭(Chrystia Freeland)在與賈斯廷?特魯多(Justin Trudeau)鬧翻后于周一驚人辭職，引發了要求總理本人下臺的呼聲——包括來自他自己的自由黨內部。在美國盟友必須共同應對白宮新任破壞性總統之際，三大七國集團(G7)民主國家同時面臨領導危機，實屬不幸。對加拿大來說，時機尤其不佳。危機部分是由特朗普威脅對加拿大進口商品征收25%的關稅引發的，這可能會嚴重損害其經濟。