At least five Liberal MPs endorsed Carney, along with former Liberal deputy prime minister Anne McLellan, while Freeland secures an endorsement from five MPs and cabinet minister
OTTAWA — Former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney and former finance minister Chrystia Freeland are lining up support from Liberal MPs before officially entering the Liberal leadership race to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
The ball is in Chrystia Freeland's court, now that Mark Carney has officially launched his campaign to become the next Liberal leader.
In a sparsely worded post on the social media platform X, the former finance minister and deputy prime minister said simply that she's "running to fight for Canada."
Newfoundland and Labrador Liberal MP Ken McDonald said he personally credits Freeland for reversing the decision to impose the carbon tax on home heating fuel, which mostly affected Atlantic Canadians and was widely seen as a blow to the carbon tax policy.
Born in the remote Northwest Territories, Mark Carney grew up in Alberta and was educated at Harvard and Oxford — just like Chrystia Freeland. In fact, he’s the godfather of her son. Carney, 59, has never run for political office. But he has become a ...
Chrystia Freeland has called for economic retaliation if President-elect Trump follows through with his threat to impose tariffs.
A new poll suggests that Liberal supporters prefer Mark Carney as their next leader over a field of potential candidates.
Mark Carney, the first non-Brit to run the Bank of England since it was founded in 1694 and the former head of Canada’s central bank, said Thursday he is
OTTAWA — Former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney is preparing to announce ... s cabinet as finance minister, replacing Chrystia Freeland. But Freeland resigned, sparking a political crisis ...
Canada’s former finance minister Chrystia Freeland is running to be the country’s next prime minister after Justin Trudeau stepped down this month. Freeland, a Toronto-based MP, posted on X that she would officially launch her bid to become leader of the governing Liberal party on Sunday. “I’m running to fight for Canada,” she said.