Amid Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre’s calls for a “carbon tax election”, two leading Liberal leadership candidates are dropping the Trudeau policy.

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

In a brief statement posted on X, Freeland, who was also finance minister at the time of her shock resignation in December, said, “I’m running to fight for Canada”

Liberal leadership race’s presumptive front-runners won’t continue consumer aspect of Trudeau’s most visible climate policy, sources say

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

Canada’s former finance minister Chrystia Freeland is running to be the country’s next prime minister after Justin Trudeau stepped down earlier this month. Freeland, now a Toronto-based MP, posted on X that she would officially launch her bid to become leader of the governing Liberal party on Sunday. “I’m running to fight for Canada,” she said.

A new poll suggests that Liberal supporters prefer Mark Carney as their next leader over a field of potential candidates.

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

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.

At least five Liberal MPs endorsed Carney, along with former Liberal deputy prime minister Anne McLellan, while Freeland secures an endorsement from five MPs and cabinet minister

Leadership candidates must declare they will run by Jan. 23. They will face a $5 million spending cap during the race, which ends with the vote on March 9.