Freeland to Announce Liberal Leadership Bid Within the Next Week

Freeland to Announce Liberal Leadership Bid Within the Next Week
Former Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland speaks with reporters in Ottawa, on Dec. 10, 2024. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld
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Former finance minister Chrystia Freeland will announce her intention to run for the Liberal party leadership just before the U.S. presidential inauguration, a source close to her campaign team said Monday.

The source also said Freeland’s first policy promise will be to impose dollar-for-dollar retaliatory tariffs on U.S. imports to match the tariffs U.S. president-elect Donald Trump has vowed to impose on Canada.