OTTAWA — With Chrystia Freeland out as finance minister, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s reputation as a self-described feminist is taking a hit.

Trudeau has been largely out of public view grappling with the fallout from Freeland’s bombshell decision to resign from his cabinet the same day she was set to present the Liberals’ fall fiscal update on Monday, saying she was doing so after the prime minister told her last Friday that he no longer wanted her in the role.