Freeland Declares Leadership Bid Chrystia Freeland, former journalist and senior government minister, has officially entered the race for leadership of Canada’s Liberal Party. Her announcement comes amid a critical juncture for the party,

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.

The source, who was not authorized to speak publicly about the announcement, also said Freeland’s first policy promise will be to impose dollar-for-dollar retaliatory tariffs on U.S. imports to match the tariffs U.S. president-elect Donald Trump has vowed to impose on Canada.

What do you think would make Chrystia Freeland want to run for the Liberal leadership now, especially given the Liberals are polling so low? I’ve been asked a lot over the past few weeks: Do I think that she’s going to throw her hat in the ring?

OTTAWA — Chrystia Freeland is running to be the next leader of the Liberal party and prime minister of Canada. She said in a statement posted on social media Friday morning she will launch her campaign officially on Sunday. “I’m running to fight for Canada,” she said in the one-sentence statement.

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