Chrystia Freeland is running to be the next Leader of the Liberal party and prime minister of Canada. She says in a statement posted on social media she will launch her campaign officially on Sunday.

Liberal leadership hopeful Chrystia Freeland says her top rival Mark Carney appears to be “the choice of the Liberal establishment” as more federal cabinet ministers rally around the former Bank of Canada governor.

Fresh out of the gate from launching her Liberal leadership bid, Karina Gould suggested her two main opponents' backgrounds would do little to gain the favour of U.S. president-elect Donald Trump.

In a brief statement posted on X, Freeland, who was also finance minister at the time of her shock resignation in December, said, “I’m running to fight for Canada”

Former Canadian Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland intends to run to lead the country's governing Liberal Party. In a statement posted on Friday to X, formerly known as Twitter, Freeland expressed her intention to run and said she would hold a formal campaign launch in the coming days.

After nine years of Justin Trudeau, it would be refreshing to see someone with the depth of either Mr. Carney or Ms. Freeland take the reins of the Liberal Party and federal government.

The former finance minister and deputy prime minister joined former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney and Government House leader Karina Gould in the race.

The 59-year-old Harvard- and Oxford-educated economist kicked off his campaign at a hockey rink in Edmonton, Alberta where he grew up

Former Canadian finance minister Chrystia Freeland is running to be the next leader of the Liberal Party and Prime Minister of Canada.

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, says he is entering the race to be Canada’s next prime minister fo

Liberal leadership hopeful Chrystia Freeland says she's running ... rally around her top rival, former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney. "It's central to my campaign to see this is not about ...

Ruby Dhalla, who describes herself as 'Canada's female Donald Trump', has thrown her hat into the ring to become leader of Trudeau's Liberal Party at leadership elections in March.