Montreal, Canada – The race to replace Justin Trudeau as leader of Canada’s ruling Liberal Party – and as the country’s prime minister – is well under way, with seven candidates throwing their names into contention.

Justin Trudeau said Monday that he will resign as the leader of Canada's ruling Liberal Party, an announcement that will fire the starting gun on a contest to replace him as prime minister.

Conservative Pierre Poilievre has a plan for revival but needs an election first.

The former Bank of England and Bank of Canada governor says he is considering running for leader of Canada’s Liberal Party and prime minister.

Trudeau’s departure is more embarrassing because it follows a bungled attempt to lay all the responsibility for a failed economic policy on his

The Liberal Party has held ... I recite this history to make a point: Justin Trudeau inherited not only a famous name and a handsome face, but also a detailed playbook of what and what not to do in Canadian politics. Canada is a country that does not ...

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

Former MP who last held public office in 2011 has declared her candidacy to become next Prime Minister and leader of the Liberal party in the next election.

Trudeau’s policies went well beyond Biden’s — he passed a federal carbon-pricing system and successfully defended it against several challenges, something Democrats in the United States have never been able to do.

One of the seven Liberal leadership hopefuls says the party is not allowing him to run, as another high-profile cabinet minister endorsed Mark Carney on Sunday. Ontario member of Parliament Chandra Arya said the Liberal party informed him he's out of the running to be its next leader.

Arya’s exit from the race leaves six candidates: former deputy prime minister Chrystia Freeland, former banker Mark Carney, House Leader Karina Gould, Nova Scotia MP Jaime Battiste and former MPs Frank Baylis and Ruby Dhalla. The party will announce the winner of the race on March 9.

Trump told reporters on Air Force 1 on Saturday that Canada has been “taking advantage” of the United States for years. As a state, he said Canadians would “have no military problems, they’d be much more secure in every way,” adding he thinks “it’s a great thing for Canada.”