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

Pro-Palestinian protesters and a significant endorsement of her rival for the Liberal Party leadership have marred former Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s campaign launch for the job of Canada’s next prime minister.

Chrystia Freeland, the former deputy prime minister, sought to distance herself from Mr. Trudeau in a public letter criticizing him for “costly political gimmicks.”

She is pitching herself as the best option to oppose incoming US president Donald Trump. Read more at straitstimes.com.

OTTAWA--Former Canadian finance minister Chrystia Freeland, who's vying to be the next leader of the Liberal Party and the country's prime minister, plans to repeal an increase in the capital-gains tax, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Freeland has vowed to fight for Canada, including using counter-tariffs to exert economic pressure on the US, where Trump will take office as US president on Monday. He has threat

Former Canadian finance minister Chrystia Freeland on Friday announced that she would take part in the contest to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as leader of the ruling Liberal Party.

Chrystia Freeland, the former Canadian finance minister who helped bring Justin Trudeau’s political career to an end when she resigned in December, has joined the race to replace him as prime minister.

Five candidates have entered the race ahead of the January 23rd deadline, but it will almost certainly be won by either the former central-bank governor, Mark Carney, or Mr Trudeau’s former deputy prime minister and finance minister,

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.

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

Canada's former deputy prime minister Chrystia Freeland launched her campaign Sunday to replace Justin Trudeau as Liberal Party leader and prime minister, pitching herself as the best option to oppose