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.

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."

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

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

The former finance minister is seeking to distance herself from unpopular measures introduced while in Trudeau’s cabinet

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.

It seems as if Liberal leadership frontrunners Mark Carney and Chrystia Freeland both realize they won’t save their party in the next election unless they take Pierre Poilievre’s advice and “axe the tax.

Government House leader Karina Gould has become the youngest candidate to throw her hat in the ring to replace Justin Trudeau as Liberal leader, saying she's the right person to rebuild the party.

Trudeau, under pressure from legislators over the party’s pool poll showing, announced on Jan 6 that he would step down after more than nine years in office.