Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau quietly defied mounting calls for his resignation on Monday, asking Dominic LeBlanc to serve as finance minister after Chrystia Freeland resigned from the post with a scathing letter that sounded the alarm about U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s threat to impose economically devastating tariffs on Canada and Mexico.

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    5 days ago

    Trudeau is unpopular with much of the electorate. Optimists within the Liberal party hope the party will do better in the next election if he resigns and is replaced with somebody else.