OTTAWA—Canada’s Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said Monday she was quitting the Liberal government cabinet, citing conflict with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau over the direction of fiscal policy.The shock move comes on the same day Freeland was scheduled to introduce a fall economic statement,

In what's shaping up to be a seismic moment in Canadian politics, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland announced Monday she's resigning from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's cabinet. Here's the text of her letter.

Deputy Prime Minister Freeland said in a statement that PM Trudeau told her he no longer wants her to serve as Finance Minister and offered another position in cabinet, leading to her resignation.