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Possible competitors to replace Justin Trudeau as Canadian prime minister

Canada's ruling Liberal Party is trying to find a brand-new leader to change Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who announced on Jan. 6 he intended to step down. The Liberal Celebration will select a brand-new chief on March 9.

On Sunday, Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon revealed in a. letter posted on X he would not enter the contest but would run. in the next federal election. On Saturday, Transport Minister. Anita Anand announced she was not going into and would not run in. the next election.

Here are a few of the staying top potential competitors.

PREVIOUS FINANCE MINISTER CHRYSTIA FREELAND. Freeland, 56, was among Trudeau's closest allies during his. 9 years in power and had actually been serving as financing minister. Freeland suddenly resigned in December after an argument. over costs and penned a letter assaulting the prime minister's. leadership and his love of political gimmicks. Freeland, the most prominent member of the federal government after. Trudeau, had actually been financing minister because August 2020 and assisted. craft the government's multi-billion-dollar social costs. program to assist combat the COVID pandemic.

She had previously been foreign minister and led the. Canadian team that successfully renegotiated a trilateral trade. handle the United States and Mexico after then-president. Donald Trump threatened to destroy the agreement.

She joined the federal government in November 2015, initially serving as. trade minister. Before entering politics in 2013, Freeland. worked as a reporter and in senior editorial functions with. numerous media companies, including the Financial Times, the. World and Mail, and Reuters where she worked from 2010 to 2013. She has actually likewise written 2 books.

PREVIOUS BANK OF CANADA GUV MARK CARNEY

Carney, 59, is the only major prospect who is not part of. the Trudeau federal government. Carney's name has been flowing for. years as a prospective Liberal leader, largely thanks to his. financial credentials. Carney stated in a statement on Monday that. he would be thinking about whether to run over the next few days.

He worked for Goldman Sachs before joining the Canadian. finance ministry in 2004. He was called Bank of Canada guv. in 2007 and quickly had to handle the after-effects of the. worldwide crisis in 2008. In 2013 he took control of as guv of the. Bank of England, becoming the first individual to ever head 2. significant reserve banks.

Carney forecast the financial damage that would result if. Britain left the European Union, triggering attacks from. pro-Brexit supporters. After leaving the bank in 2020, he was. appointed United Nations unique envoy for environment action and. finance. He is currently vice chairman at Brookfield Possession. Management.

INNOVATION MINISTER FRANCOIS-PHILIPPE CHAMPAGNE. Champagne, 54, is a relied on pair of hands who worked as a legal representative. and an entrepreneur before joining the federal government in 2015. Known. for his ebullient way and continuous excellent humor, he served. variously as minister of trade, facilities and foreign. affairs before taking control of his existing role in January 2021. As. innovation minister, Champagne led the effort to attract. billions of dollars in foreign investment into the electrical. automobile and automobile battery sector. The effort has just recently. faltered in many parts of the world including Canada.

NATURAL RESOURCES MINISTER JONATHAN WILKINSON

Wilkinson, 59, a former business person who spent years working. for green innovation business, acted as environment minister. from 2019-2021 before taking up his existing function. Wilkinson has. had to strike a balance between acting as a protector for the. sector while likewise operating in a government that wants to cut oil. and gas sector emissions. He likewise pushed to relieve the permitting. procedure for mining business so that it does not take numerous. years to get a new project off the ground.

OTHER CONTENDERS

Other possible contenders discussed in the domestic media. consist of existing House leader Karina Gould, 37, and previous. British Columbia Premier Christy Clark, 59.

(source: Reuters)