The flurry of support shows the party’s top brass coalescing around an outside candidate rather than one of their own – former finance minister Chrystia Freeland

Freeland pledges a new process for party leadership reviews, while Gould says caucus could adopt the Reform Act to vote out their leaders

The federal Liberals are running their first leadership race in more than a decade to replace the departing Justin Trudeau. Candidates had to declare by 5 p.m. ET on Jan. 23 with a $50,000 deposit towards a $350,

Trudeau’s departure is more embarrassing because it follows a bungled attempt to lay all the responsibility for a failed economic policy on his

T he sprint to succeed Justin Trudeau as the leader of Canada’s Liberal Party has begun. Eight candidates have put their names forward ahead of the January 23rd deadline, but th

Rebuilding the Liberal party of Canada will be a key task for the party’s leadership race winner — and that message was a key element of Burlington member of Parliament Karina Gould’s leadership campaign launch. Gould announced her candidacy for leadership of the Liberal party of Canada at an event in Burlington on Sunday, Jan. 19.

Mr. Trudeau’s decision to call it quits—but not to leave office immediately—puts the Canadian government under the command of a lame duck for the next few months. It’s not a good look for Canada while Donald Trump is threatening to abrogate the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement and put 25% tariffs on Canadian goods.

Arya’s exit from the race leaves six candidates: former deputy prime minister Chrystia Freeland, former banker Mark Carney, House Leader Karina Gould, Nova Scotia MP Jaime Battiste and former MPs Frank Baylis and Ruby Dhalla. The party will announce the winner of the race on March 9.

To begin, you have Canada’s very own tiny Conservative firebrand and self-proclaimed maestro of rhyme Pierre "Axe the Tax" Poilievre who has refused to support a Liberal tax break calling it a "gimmick.

Poilievre: He’s entitled, a self-serving global elitist. He has been at the summit of the World Economic Forum agenda for the last 25 years and he’s been able to push his radical policies that destroy the working class while enriching the billionaire elite.

“This decision raises significant questions about the legitimacy of the leadership race and, by extension, the legitimacy of the next prime minister of Canada,” Arya said in a social media statement on Sunday. He did not elaborate on his concerns or provide reasons the party gave for declining his candidacy.