OTTAWA—Chrystia Freeland, the longtime Toronto MP who played a central role in the previous Liberal government under Justin Trudeau, is quitting Prime Minister Mark Carney’s cabinet and will not run in the next election.

Freeland confirmed her decision in a public declaration on X, where she rejected the usual political clichés of departing cabinet ministers.

“I am not leaving to spend more time with my family or because the burden of elected office is too heavy to bear,” she said of her impending departure as transport minister in Carney’s government.

Instead, she described politics as a “privilege not a sacrifice” for her and her family.

Freeland said she makes the move with “tremendous gratitude and a “little sadness” but made clear that after 12 years in federal politics she is rea

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