Chrystia Freeland set to launch Liberal leadership bid Sunday: source – National [Video]

A month after resigning from cabinet, former finance minister and deputy prime minister Chrystia Freeland is expected to launch her campaign to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau this weekend, a source close to her told Global News.

According to the source, the longtime member of Parliament and former cabinet minister plans to launch her campaign on Sunday, though she plans to share her “intentions” to run on Friday.

There have been discussions for weeks since Freeland stepped down from cabinet, and even in the months prior, that she would run for the top spot of the Liberals and become Canada’s second female prime minister if she were to win.

That decision to step down renewed a fresh wave of pressure on Trudeau to resign, with at least three caucuses representing a large majority of the caucus to urge him to do so.

Freeland on Wednesday shared a post on X that she …