The political party indicates that it has ten days, after receipt of potential applications, to approve or not each portfolio.
One of the spokespersons for the Liberal Party of Canada (PLC), Matteo Rossi, points out that it will then be up to Elections Canada to do its own verifications, “which could take several days.”
In the meantime, here is who has announced his desire to be on the ballot of liberal members.
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It remains to be seen whether all these aspiring leaders will have, by the 5 p.m. deadline, presented their applications, including having paid $50,000 of the $350,000 required, in total, for the entire race . Of this tidy sum, only the first payment which must be made on Thursday is refundable.
Mark Carney
The former governor of the Bank of Canada and the Bank of England insists that he is a political “outsider” who can really focus on the economic issues on which the attention of Mr. Trudeau and his team was, according to him, too diverted. According to his argument, he is the leader the Liberals need to face Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives. Mr. Carney – a native of the Northwest Territories and raised in Alberta – attempts to define Mr. Poilievre as a “career politician” with “three-word slogans.”
Chrystia Freeland
Since her resounding resignation as Minister of Finance, the woman who has long been number 2 in Mr. Trudeau’s government has distanced herself from the outgoing Prime Minister, having notably maintained on TVA that she is her “own person”. The ex-journalist who grew up, like Mr. Carney, in Alberta, draws on his experience of renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement against a backdrop of tariffs imposed by the first administration of American President Donald Trump to plead that She is the woman for the job.
Karina Gould
The Ontario MP for Burlington also argues that she can stand up to Mr. Poilievre, probably seeking to take advantage of her experience as House leader of the Trudeau government, which often led her to respond to the Conservative leader in the during the question period. Like Ms. Freeland and Mr. Carney, the one who could be the youngest candidate has committed to listening to the members of the PLC, as a priority, as well as to revisiting the flagship federal carbon pricing policy and, more precisely , its price component on fuels, which is passed on to the consumer.
-Frank Baylis
The former Montreal MP is the only potential candidate from Quebec to have declared himself. The businessman at the head of the company Baylis Medical Technologie indicated in an interview with “Le Devoir” that he did not run in the 2019 elections, after his only mandate as a federal elected official, since he had been “shocked by the ‘waste of time’ associated with the work of an MP”, the daily reported. Still according to this article, Mr. Baylis believes that his profile and his experience will allow him to quickly gain the respect of Mr. Trump, even if he admits that he is not really known in political circles.
Jaime Battiste
The Mi’kmaw MP from Cape Breton announced last week that he wants to become the very first indigenous Canadian head of government. Member of Parliament since 2019 for the Nova Scotia riding of Sydney—Victoria, he intends to make funding services to indigenous communities one of his priorities and he proposes to convene a meeting of prime ministers to discuss the price on pollution.
Chandra Arya
Mr. Arya became the first current member of the Liberal caucus to announce his candidacy just four days after Mr. Trudeau’s departure was announced. Elected in the Ontario riding of Nepean, a suburb of Ottawa, since 2015, he said he did not believe he needed to speak French to become prime minister, spoke out against the carbon pricing system and wants to abolish the monarchy.
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Michael Clark
The man, who describes himself as a Christian community organizer and entrepreneur, has signaled that he wants to be in the race to make the PLC “pro-life.” He shared a video on the social network X in which he explains the reasons behind his decision to try to succeed Mr. Trudeau. According to him, “adults need to come back to the table”. He says he wants to bring training back to the center and divert it from “wokism”.
Ruby Dalla
A native of Winnipeg, Manitoba, she was a member of the House of Commons from 2004 to 2011. The Library of Parliament notes on its website that she was defeated when she tried to seek re-election in 2011. Ms. Dhalla was spokesperson for the Liberal caucus on several issues, such as immigration, labor and health.
With information from Kyle Duggan and Nick Murray
