Freeland expected to announce Liberal leadership bid within the week: source [Video]

Former finance minister and deputy prime minister Chrystia Freeland is expected to announce a bid for the Liberal leadership within the week, a source has told CBC News/Radio-Canada.

Sources said to expect Freeland to officially make the announcement before U.S. president-elect Donald Trump is sworn in next Monday.

Freeland resigned from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet last month on the same day she was expected to deliver the government’s fall economic statement.

Calls for Trudeau to step down intensified in the wake of her resignation. Trudeau announced last week he would be stepping down once the Liberals choose a new leader.

In a letter to Trudeau that was subsequently posted to her social media account, Freeland said she had no choice but to resign after the prime minister approached her about moving her to another cabinet role — a minister without a portfolio with some responsibility for the Canada-U.S. relationship.

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