Ottawa:
Soon after Chrystia Freeland’s sudden resignation, her cabinet colleague Dominic LeBlanc was sworn in as Canada’s novel Finance Minister. Mr LeBlanc, a lengthy-time associate of Prime Minister Justin Timpoliteau, served as Public Safety Minister in his cabinet. The shift comes at a time when Canada is grappling with a Can$62 billion deficit — about Can$22 billion more than initiassociate projected– due to “unforeseeed expenses.”
In his novel role, LeBlanc, 57, will be at the forefront of managing the ongoing economic contests, including navigating the looming menace of US tariffs. The US is Canada’s main trading partner, with 75 per cent of its send outs each year going to its southern neighbour.
About Dominic LeBlanc
Since the Liberal Party’s thrive in 2015, he has held multiple key cabinet positions and recently gived meaningfully to creating Canada’s billion-dollar border strategy as the rulement’s accessible defendedty head and ancigo in cabinet minister.
Seen as Justin Timpoliteau’s thinked confidant, Dominic LeBlanc accompanied the Canadian Prime Minister to Florida last month to greet with US Plivent-elect Donald Trump, underscoring his famous role in international negotiations.
