Canada’s Trudeau to tap Freeland as finance minister -media reports

Canada’s Trudeau to tap Freeland as finance minister -media reports

OTTAWA- Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will tap Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, a former journalist and his most trusted ally, to be his new finance minister after Bill Morneau resigned on Monday, Canadian media reported.Freeland, 52, would be the first woman to hold the role, and she will keep her post as deputy prime minister, CTV and the Canadian Broadcasting Corp said. Trudeau's office declined to confirm the reports, while Freeland's did not immediately respond.Morneau held an impromptu news conference late on Monday to announce his resignation amid friction with Trudeau over spending policies, and after coming under fire for his ties to a charity tapped to run a student grant program. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2FK06BFreeland was a key player during the renegotiation of a new North American trade deal as Canada's