Freeland, one of the frontrunners to succeed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, also said she would require all party leaders to obtain the top secret security clearance and receive regular intelligence briefings.

Abacus Data polling shows 33% of respondents view former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney positively, compared to 29% for former finance minister Chrystia Freeland.

Liberal leadership hopeful Chrystia Freeland says her top rival Mark Carney appears to be “the choice of the Liberal establishment” as more federal cabinet ministers rally around the former Bank of Canada governor.

Liberal leadership candidate Chrystia Freeland argues Canada can turn the tables on U.S. President Donald Trump and avoid massive U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods by scaring key American businesses. The former finance minister said her plan calls for the immediate release of a long list of $200 billion in retaliatory tariffs to deter Trump from making good on his threat to impose 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian imports as soon as February.

Should President Trump impose a 25% tariff on Canadian imports as he has promised, Freeland said Canada should also direct government departments and agencies to stop purchasing goods and services from U.S. companies, and prohibit U.S. firms from bidding on government contracts, with the exception of defense.

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

A list of products worth 200 billion Canadian dollars (USD 139 billion) would send a message to US exporters about the harm tariffs would cause them, Freeland said in a statement.

Freeland Declares Leadership Bid Chrystia Freeland, former journalist and senior government minister, has officially entered the race for leadership of Canada’s Liberal Party. Her announcement comes amid a critical juncture for the party,

Chrystia Freeland sent shockwaves through Canada when she resigned as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Finance Minister in December. Her public resignation letter blasted Trudeau for not doing enough to prepare for the second Trump administration.

Canada can work with US President Donald Trump’s administration to reshape global trade and weaken China’s dominance of supply chains, according to Chrystia Freeland, the Canadian politician who’s vying to replace Justin Trudeau as prime minister.

False empathy is the common currency of populists: most recently, U.S. President Donald Trump created a sense among the poorest Americans that he understood their struggles, despite having never faced them himself.