{"id":2411690,"date":"2025-03-09T13:43:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-09T17:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/canada-prepares-for-new-liberal-party-leader-with-trump-top-of-mind-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-03-09T13:44:26","modified_gmt":"2025-03-09T17:44:26","slug":"canada-prepares-for-new-liberal-party-leader-with-trump-top-of-mind-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/canada-prepares-for-new-liberal-party-leader-with-trump-top-of-mind-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada prepares for new Liberal Party leader with Trump top of mind &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcanada-prepares-for-new-liberal-party-leader-with-trump-top-of-mind-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2411690&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Canada&#8217;s Liberal Party\u2063 is set to choose a new leader to succeed Justin Trudeau, who announced his\u2063 resignation earlier this year. The leadership race has narrowed down to two main candidates: Mark\u2063 Carney, a former governor \u200cof the Bank \u200bof \u200cCanada and the \u2062bank of England, and Chrystia Freeland, a\u2064 former finance and foreign minister. Both candidates aim to \u200bdemonstrate their ability \u200dto stand \u2063up to the policies \u2062of President Trump, particularly his threats of tariffs against Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Carney&#8217;s \u2064campaign focuses on economic issues,proposing to replace \u2063Trudeau&#8217;s carbon tax\u200c and address the high cost of living,while Freeland positions herself as a grassroots candidate keen on opposing Trump\u2019s influence and enhancing national sovereignty.Freeland\u2019s recent \u200cresignation from Trudeau&#8217;s cabinet was\u200b partly due to disagreements on handling Trump&#8217;s tariffs. <\/p>\n<p>The party members began online voting using a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-poll-trump-backed-kelly-tshibaka-leads-alaska-senate-race-lisa-murkowski-losing-in-reelection-bid\/\" title=\"Exclusive \u2014 Poll: ...-Backed Kelly Tshibaka Leads Alaska Senate Race, Lisa Murkowski Losing in Reelection Bid\">ranked-choice system<\/a>, with results expected shortly after voting ends.\u2064 The newly elected leader could call for federal elections soon, with legislative polls indicating a close\u200d race between\u200b the Liberals and \u200bthe Conservatives, which was once <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">considered heavily \u200bfavored<\/a> towards the\u200c latter. Recent polling suggests that either\u2063 Carney \u200cor Freeland might perform \u2062better\u200c in negotiations with Trump than the current Conservative leader, \u2062pierre Poilievre.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Canada prepares for new Liberal Party leader with Trump relations hovering over election<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2031852\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/canada\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Canada<\/a>&lsquo;s Liberal Party will select a new leader to replace <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/justin-trudeau\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Justin Trudeau<\/a> on Sunday night, with that candidate likely to become the next prime minister of Canada, who will have to face the latest sovereignty and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3336060\/trudeau-drops-25-retaliatory-tariffs-as-trade-battle-boosts-liberal-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">tariff<\/a> threats from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trump-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Trump administration<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Trudeau, who served a decade as prime minister and 12 years as leader of the Liberals, announced in January he would resign from office. His departure from leadership opened up a competitive race between the top two candidates: Mark Carney and Chrystia Freeland.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3341817\/israel-cutting-electricity-supply-gaza\/\">Israel says it is cutting off its electricity supply to Gaza<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3341755\/ukraine-forces-kursk-near-collapse-russia-surprise-assault-gas-pipeline\/\">Ukrainian forces in Kursk near collapse after Russian forces launch surprise assault through gas pipeline<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3341750\/activists-vandalize-trump-golf-resort-scotland-comments-gaza\/\">Activists vandalize Trump golf resort over his comments on emptying out Gaza<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Both have insisted they are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3340143\/trump-turns-canadian-elections-upside-down\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">capable of standing up to President Donald Trump<\/a>, who has spent his first six weeks threatening as much as 25% tariffs against countries such as Canada and Mexico as an incentive to work with the United States on stopping the flow of illegal immigrants and fentanyl across the borders.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">FILE &ndash; Mark Carney speaks during his Liberal leadership campaign launch in Edmonton, Jan. 16, 2025. (Jason Franson\/The Canadian Press via AP, File)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Carney, 59, is the former governor of the Bank of Canada and the Bank of England. Previously, he served as a senior official in the country&rsquo;s Finance Department under successive Liberal and Conservative governments.<\/p>\n<p>A more establishment candidate, Carney has centered much of his campaign on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/economy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">economy<\/a>, as the high cost of living has become a top concern for Canadians due to inflation and low productivity. He&rsquo;s promised to remove Trudeau&rsquo;s carbon tax and replace it with a pricing system that would require industrial polluters to pay consumers to reduce carbon footprints.<\/p>\n<p>Freeland, 56, is the former finance minister and former foreign minister. She has a successful background in international journalism but has been a staple in Canadian politics for the past decade. Her previous ministry roles are being scrutinized during the election, with detractors arguing she did not stand up to Trudeau when his policies were viewed as unpopular.<\/p>\n<p>It was Freeland&rsquo;s resignation from the Cabinet of Canada in December that prompted Trudeau&rsquo;s own decision to step down. She cited differences with Trudeau over how to deal with Trump&rsquo;s tariffs threats in her resignation letter.<\/p>\n<p>Freeland has worked to establish herself as the grassroots candidate and said she is the best person to stand up to Trump, particularly about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/president\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">president<\/a>&lsquo;s calls for Canada to become the U.S.&rsquo;s 51st state. While the sovereignty challenge has been mostly considered bluster, some of Trump&rsquo;s right-flank allies in Congress have signaled their support.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Liberal Party of Canada leadership candidate Chrystia Freeland speaks during the English-language Liberal Leadership debate in Montreal on Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025. (Christinne Muschi\/The Canadian Press via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>If Freeland were to become the new prime minister, she&rsquo;d already be starting off on the wrong foot with the president &mdash; he&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/09\/world\/canada\/canada-liberal-party-leader-prime-minister-election.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">called<\/a> her &ldquo;toxic,&rdquo; &ldquo;a whack,&rdquo; and &ldquo;incompetent&rdquo; in recent months. Her priorities include tackling the country&rsquo;s physician shortage, increasing military spending, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/australia-re-establish-committee-to-investigate-social-media-interventions\/\" title=\"Australia Re-establish Committee to Investigate Social Media Interventions\">countering foreign interference<\/a> in politics.<\/p>\n<p>The latter campaign policy is particularly timely, as it comes after Trudeau&rsquo;s government was found to be &ldquo;insufficiently transparent&rdquo; about foreign interference and sometimes took &ldquo;too long to act&rdquo; against attempts from China and India to meddle in elections. A commission released its <a href=\"https:\/\/foreigninterferencecommission.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">final report<\/a> of an 18-month investigation in January, which encouraged stricter rules for political parties and third-party financing.<\/p>\n<p>Both Carney and Freeland have been political successes in their own ways. Freeland successfully renegotiated the North Atlantic Free Trade Agreement during Trump&rsquo;s first term. Carney helped Canada through the 2008 financial crisis and steered Britain during Brexit.<\/p>\n<p>Liberal Party members began voting online for their new leader on Feb. 26, using a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/glenn-youngkin-wins-gop-nomination-for-governor-of-virginia\/\" title=\"Glenn Youngkin Wins GOP Nomination For Governor Of Virginia\">ranked-choice voting system<\/a>. The process has been scrutinized in both Canada and the United States, with Canadians worried about technical glitches in the identity verification process. Results are expected around 6:30 p.m. on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>What happens after the leader is selected depends on the victorious candidate. Carney, who is unelected, would call for federal elections soon after being named prime minister, his campaign indicated to the <em>New York Times.<\/em> Freeland told the outlet said she&rsquo;d weigh the choices of whether to hold a quick election given the continual threat of tariffs from Trump.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3340143\/trump-turns-canadian-elections-upside-down\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">TRUMP TURNS CANADIAN ELECTIONS UPSIDE DOWN<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Per the country&rsquo;s laws, federal elections must be held by October. Polling showed the Conservatives were up 20 to 30 points earlier this year, but polls published in early March and late February showed the race narrowing to a toss-up. An Ipsos poll last week showed Liberals with their first election lead since 2021, with 38% support compared to 36% for Conservatives &mdash;&nbsp;a 4-point swing from the last Ipsos poll released two weeks prior.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ipsos.com\/en-ca\/poilievre-and-carney-lead-dealing-trump-yet-doubts-persist\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Surveys<\/a> show that most respondents would choose Carney over Pierre Poilievre, the leader of the Conservative Party; voters would also select Freeland over the Conservative leader, though by a <a href=\"https:\/\/angusreid.org\/canada-federal-election-vote-carney-freeland-poilievre-trudeau\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">narrower margin<\/a>. Polls also indicate voters would prefer both Carney and Freeland to negotiate with Trump over Poilievre.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2031852\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2031852\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canada&#8217;s Liberal Party is set to choose a new leader, likely the next prime minister, amid Trump-related challenges<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2648,"featured_media":2411691,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MixCollage-09-Mar-2025-12-29-PM-5609-1024x680.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3957,50402,49453],"class_list":["post-2411690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-canada","tag-leadership-2","tag-liberal-party"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/MixCollage-09-Mar-2025-12-29-PM-5609-1024x680.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2411690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2648"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2411690"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2411690\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2411694,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2411690\/revisions\/2411694"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2411691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2411690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2411690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2411690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}