Canada's finance minister resigns as PM Trudeau deals with declining popularity

FILE - Canada's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland speaks to news media in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Nov. 30, 2020. FILE - Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau takes part in a press conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Oct. 14, 2024. FILE - Mark Carney, the U.N. special envoy on climate action and finance, speaks during The Museum of American Finance Gala, at the Ziegfeld Ballroom in New York City, March 7, 2024.

Canadian Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, long Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's most powerful and loyal minister, announced Monday she was resigning from the Cabinet in a move that stunned the country and raised questions about how much longer the unpopular Trudeau can stay in his job.