Freeland expected to announce Liberal leadership bid within the week: source
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Former finance minister and deputy prime minister Chrystia Freeland is expected to announce a bid for the Liberal leadership within the week, a source has told CBC News/Radio-Canada.
Sources said to expect Freeland to officially make the announcement before U.S. president-elect Donald Trump is sworn in next Monday.
Freeland resigned from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's cabinet last month on the same day she was expected to deliver the government's fall economic statement.
Calls for Trudeau to step down intensified in the wake of her resignation. Trudeau announced last week he would be stepping down once the Liberals choose a new leader.
In a letter to Trudeau that was subsequently posted to her social media account, Freeland said she had no choice but to resign after the prime minister approached her about moving her to another cabinet role — a minister without a portfolio with some responsibility for the Canada-U.S. relationship.
Freeland also took a jab at Trudeau's handling of the country's economy, denouncing what she called the government's "costly political gimmicks" and imploring him to work collaboratively with the country's premiers to take on Trump's proposed tariffs on Canadian goods.
Trudeau briefly addressed Freeland's bombshell departure for the first time when he announced that he would be stepping down.
He told reporters he had hoped she would have stayed on as deputy prime minister and take on "one of the most important files" the country is facing.
"But she chose otherwise," he said. "In regards to what actually happened, I am not someone who's in the habit of sharing private conversations."
Only three candidates have officially said they would run to be Trudeau's replacement but more are expected to throw their hat in the ring this week.
Nova Scotia MP Jaime Battiste said Monday that he would be seeking the leadership. Ontario MP Chandra Arya and former Montreal MP Frank Baylis declared their intentions to run last week.
Former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney is expected to formally announce his bid sometime this week. And former B.C. premier Christy Clark said last week that she is considering making a run at the top job.
A number of cabinet ministers are still mulling whether to run for the leadership. They include House Leader Karina Gould, Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson and Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne.
Four cabinet ministers took themselves out of the running over the past week: Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc, Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly, Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon and Transport Minister Anita Anand.
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