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

Canada 2020 ... Governor of the Bank of Canada and Bank of England Mark Carney speaks during the Canada 2020 Net-Zero Leadership Summit in Ottawa on Wednesday, April 19, 2023. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP, File) Minister of Finance and ...

Melanie Joly said she believes Carney is best positioned to defeat opposition Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre in the coming general election,

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 incoming US president Donald Trump.

Melanie Joly said she believes Carney is best positioned to defeat opposition Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre in the coming general election,

Chrystia Freeland, whose abrupt resignation as finance minister last month forced Justin Trudeau's exit as prime minister, said she is running to be the next leader of the Liberal Party and Prime Minister of Canada.

Chrystia Freeland has called for economic retaliation if President-elect Trump follows through with his threat to impose tariffs.

In announcing his candidacy, Carney said he had resigned from all of his commercial roles — including his position on the global advisory board of Pacific Investment Management Co.

The former central banker for the UK and Canada pitched himself as a someone who can help a country navigate economic challenges.

Mark Carney was the first non-British person to become governor of the Bank of England in its more than 300-year history when he took the job in 2013. He had previously worked at the investment bank Goldman Sachs, and served as the governor of the Bank of Canada, the country's central bank.

Former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney announced on Thursday that he was running to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as leader of the ruling Liberal Party, saying he wanted to focus on the struggling economy.