We have “no choice” to enter Donald Trump’s game, believes Chrystia Freeland

“Trump does not respect weakness, capitulation cannot be a strategy. The former vice-prime minister and aspiring in the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada (PLC), Chrystia Freeland, was passing through the program Everyone talks about itSunday evening, to assert his desire to stand up fiercely to Donald Trump if she became Prime Minister.

Ms. Freeland, who officially launched her campaign on January 19, again presented himself as the person who will stand up to US President Donald Trump and his pricing threat. Trump is an intimidator. As a country, we must tell him that we are not intimidated, that we love Canada. I say, Canada firstshe said.

His plan? Create The same uncertainty Among our southern neighbors by the publication of a list of reprisal measures.What American producers think and worry, it matters more to Trump to what worries Canadian producersshe said. We have no choice but to get into the game [de guerre commerciale] The Trump.

In the same breath, Ms. Freeland asserted her experience as a politician and a negotiator, the one who, under the first mandate of Donald Trump, had participated in the renegotiation of the North American free trade agreement (Alena) in 2018 in 2018 in 2018 title of Minister of Foreign Affairs.

I know how to win against Trump. I have already done it once

Relations between herself and the American president are however not good. Mr. Trump made fun of Ms. Freeland in a publication on the Truth Social network, immediately after the announcement of his resignation last December, in which he described the behavior of Mrs. Freeland de totally toxic et not all favorable to conclude beneficial agreements [pour les Canadiens].

Mockery that does not seem to worry him. I am absolutely confident that Trump will negotiate with me because he did the first time, and we found one deal winnershe said.

The former Minister of Finance also mentioned that the PLC had a good chance of winning in the next elections against the Canada Conservative Party, according to her, of the posture of the conservative chief Pierre Hairy vis-à-vis the American president. He doesn’t want to confront Trump. He doesn’t want to defend Canada. He wants to be his friendshe said.

“There are people who are angry with me”

The former Minister of Finance returned to his shattering resignation occurred on December 17, 2024 and defended himself from having dropped Justin Trudeau by professional ambition.

It was an impossible situation for me. In recent months, there have been disagreements with the Prime Minister on expensesshe explained. But after Trump’s election, I told myself that it was necessary to take his threats seriously, and that it was not acceptable to send $ 250 checks to the Canadians.

If a total of seven potential candidates have sent their file to the Liberal Party of Canada, the race for the chiefdom promises to be a fight for two, its main rival being Mark Carney, former governor of the Bank of Canada, but also the godfather of his son.

Not spanning the personal ties that unite them and possible tensions, she qualified Mr. Carney as good official and even let foresight that he could be [son] Minister of Finance.

Except that Mr. Carney combines size support within the cabinet of Justin Trudeau. Mélanie Joly (Minister of Foreign Affairs), François-Philippe Champagne (Minister of Industry) and Steven Guilbault (Minister of the Environment), in particular, rose behind.

There are people who are angry with me, I understand thatshe admitted. Justin Trudeau’s office will not decide who is the next party leader and the next Prime Minister.

In addition, according to the census of CBC From January 25, 2025, Chrystia Freeland would harvest 26 caucus support PLCincluding five from ministers. Mark Carney would collect 52 Caucus supports, including 16 from ministers.

The race for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada is due to end on March 9. But beyond this fateful date, and it doesn’t matter who prevails, Ms. Freeland assured that the Liberals were going to continue to work together in order to be able to win the next federal elections.

Ms. Freeland also said that if she lost the race, she was going to stay in politics.