the idea that turfing her is an issue of sexism is so silly. the LPC is deeply unpopular, trudeau is currently pushing some particularly idiotic vote buying schemes with small cheques and GST holiday, it would help him politically to show major shakeup at the cabinet level, and it helps her politically to not go down quietly and instead try to leave a sinking ship. this isn't rocket science.

in any case, she's not some breath of fresh air. the LPC brand is toast in a way that will only be healed by several years in the wilderness under CPC rule. the idea that she thinks she can distance herself at this point is pretty delusional. people might say that it's sexism that mark carney is more likely to be the next LPC leader than freeland, but that's just missing the forest for the trees. carney hasn't spent the last 9 years rolling around in the LPC mud pit getting all that trudeau stink on him. freeland has, and has been particularly vocal on two files that are not popular with canadians - the terrible canadian economy, and losing the war in ukraine. I can certainly see her winning her seat again as she won by a 30ish points in the last two elections, but I doubt she'll be elected LPC leader unless liberal voters really want to see 8 years of CPC at the helm.