Ed Fast steps down as Conservative finance critic after criticizing leadership candidate Pierre Poilievre
Ed Fast says he resigned as the Conservatives’ finance critic after MPs supporting Pierre Poilievre tried to “muzzle” him from speaking out about monetary policy — particularly on issues such as cryptocurrency and the Bank of Canada.”I’m trying to do my job at the Finance table and yet [there’s] incessant pressure to shut up. I just wasn’t going…