Former Canadian Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland intends to run to lead the country's Liberal Party. In a statement posted to X, formerly known as Twitter, on Friday, Freeland said she would hold a formal campaign launch in the coming days,

OTTAWA — Chrystia Freeland, whose dramatic resignation as finance minister in December set the stage for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to step down, has announced she will run for the Liberal leadership. Freeland announced her campaign on social media on Friday morning with a single sentence: “I am running to fight for Canada.”

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

Chrystia Freeland, whose dramatic resignation as finance minister in December set the stage for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s resignation, has announced she will run for the Liberal leadership. More to

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

Chrystia Freeland, the former deputy prime minister and finance minister of Canada is now joining the race to become the next leader of the Liberal Party of Canada. In a statement shared Friday, Freeland wrote “I’m running to fight for Canada,

Former deputy prime minister and finance minister of Canada Chrystia Freeland has decided to run for leader of the Liberal Party. The new leader will head the Canadian government after Justin Trudeau's resignation.