Justin Trudeau has finally answered the question of how fiscally irresponsible a prime minister would have to be before Liberals, of all people, start complaining about the government’s lack of restraint.

On Monday morning, hours before she was scheduled to table the fall economic statement, Chrystia Freeland resigned as finance minister and deputy prime minister, with a scathing letter criticizing Trudeau for engaging in “costly political gimmicks, which we can ill afford” at a time when the government should be “keeping our fiscal powder dry” to deal with trade threats from incoming U.S. president Donald Trump.