The vote for the election of the new leader of the Liberal Party of Canada (PLC) will end on March 9, according to what the party leadership announced Thursday evening.
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“At the end of a national, rigorous and secure process, the Liberal Party of Canada will choose a new leader on March 9 and will be ready to fight and win the 2025 elections,” said Sachit Mehra, president of the LPC, communication channel.
“This is the time for Liberals across the country to exchange ideas and engage in constructive debate to shape the future of our party and our country,” he said, referring to a “exciting step” for the PLC.
The National Training Council has set the rules for the leadership race to succeed Justin Trudeau, setting the deadline for becoming a member of the PLC which gives the right to vote in the choice of leader to January 27.
Among the criteria established to be able to participate in the choice of the future Liberal leader, it is now necessary to “be a Canadian citizen, have Indian status under the Indian Act or be a permanent resident of Canada”.
-In addition, the outgoing president, Suzanne Cowan, and the director of the PLC (Quebec), Marc-Etienne Vien, will co-chair the Committee on the ballot for the election of a leader, according to the terms of the party press release.
Who to replace Trudeau?
Several members of the Liberal cabinet are among the candidates tipped to succeed Mr. Trudeau, including former deputy prime minister Chrystia Freeland who left the government with a bang recently.
Four ministers in the Trudeau cabinet have already indicated that they are considering their intention to enter the race for Liberal leadership, including the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, François-Philippe Champagne.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs does not rule out her possible candidacy for the leadership to succeed Mr. Trudeau, while the former governor of the Bank of Canada, Mark Carney, continued his reflection on running for the leadership of the PLC.
Furthermore, the former premier of British Columbia Christy Clark will be a candidate in the race for the leadership of the PLC, once the rules of the game are established, according to a member of her national campaign, cited by the “National Post”.
The Liberal MP for the Ontario riding of Nepean, Chandra Arya, signaled Thursday his intention to enter the race for the leadership of the party, with ambitions of abolishing the monarchy to make Canada a “sovereign republic”.
“I am running to be Canada’s next Prime Minister to lead a smaller, more efficient government to rebuild our nation and [d’]ensure our prosperity for future generations,” he said on X.
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