Three more Trudeau cabinet ministers endorse Mark Carney for Liberal leader [Video]

Transport Minister Anita Anand, Defence Minister Bill Blair and Housing Minister Nathaniel Erskine-Smith announced Saturday they’re endorsing Mark Carney for federal Liberal leader. The former Bank of Canada governor has steadily racked up endorsements from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet, outpacing his top rival in the race, former finance minister and deputy prime minister Chrystia Freeland.

Transport Minister Anita Anand, Defence Minister Bill Blair and Housing Minister Nathaniel Erskine-Smith all announced Saturday they’re endorsing Mark Carney for federal Liberal leader as more of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet coalesces around the former Bank of Canada governor.

Anand went first. In a video posted to social media, she said she’s spoken with Liberals about “what is best at this time in Canada’s history. We agree that Mark Carney is the leader Canada needs.”

Anand — who announced two weeks agoshe won’t seek re-election — said she worked with Carney during the 2008 global financial crisis and “saw …