Canadian Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland resigned from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet over differences in how to prepare for the Trump administration, a stunning move that shakes the government.

Chrystia Freeland said she was quitting in the wake of a meeting last Friday with Trudeau, who asked her to take on a lesser post after the two had been arguing for weeks over spending.

Senior members of Canada's cabinet held talks Friday with US President-elect Donald Trump's nominees to lead the departments of commerce and the interior, as Ottawa works to hold off the threat of punishing tariffs.