The Liberal Party of Canada is in the midst of a leadership race following the resignation of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Seven candidates have officially entered the race, with frontrunners including Chrystia Freeland and Mark Carney. MPs are focusing on party unity, the economy, and the threat of Donald Trump's tariffs as they choose the next leader. The new leader will be announced on March 9th.
OTTAWA — The Liberal caucus met on Parliament Hill Thursday to plot election strategy but the biggest conversations were largely about who sitting MPs will back in the upcoming vote to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as their leader.
Gould, who stepped down as House leader last weekend when she launched her bid, is campaigning as a candidate who can rejuvenate the party after nearly a decade in power. On Thursday, she downplayed getting only a few caucus endorsements to date. Carney held an event for supporters in Ottawa Thursday afternoon, and while the event was entirely closed to media, he stopped briefly to take questions from reporters gathered outside the venue.
The Canadian Press caught up with Carney on Wednesday after learning he was skating on the Rideau Canal in Ottawa, and he took one question — about his position on carbon pricing. Carney has not done substantive interviews with members of the Parliamentary Press Gallery while in the capital. With the deadline coming Monday to sign party members up to be able to vote in the leadership contest, candidates are hyper-focused on the supporter outreach aspect of their campaigns. A big part of that has been luring in influential Liberals and sitting MPs, whose endorsements can bring in many more supporters and votes along with them.
MacKinnon, the labour minister, said it was Carney's economic vision which earned his vote of confidence.
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