Former finance minister and Liberal leadership hopeful Chrystia Freeland says she’s the best person to stand up to U.S. president Donald Trump when it comes to representing Canada’s interests.

Pro-Palestinian protesters and a significant endorsement of her rival for the Liberal Party leadership have marred former Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s campaign launch for the job of Canada’s next prime minister.

She is pitching herself as the best option to oppose incoming US president Donald Trump. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Chrystia Freeland announced this morning that she will enter the leadership race for the head of the Liberal Party and Prime Minister of Canada.

Liberal MP Chrystia Freeland officially launched her campaign to become the Liberal party leader at her University-Rosedale riding in Toronto on Sunday. Speaking at a local Boys and Girls Club, Freeland says she’ll fight for Canada in the face of economic threats from U.

Chrystia Freeland, the former deputy prime minister, sought to distance herself from Mr. Trudeau in a public letter criticizing him for “costly political gimmicks.”

Former Canadian finance minister Chrystia Freeland on Friday announced that she would take part in the contest to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as leader of the ruling Liberal Party.

Canada's former deputy prime minister Chrystia Freeland launched her campaign Sunday to replace Justin Trudeau as Liberal Party leader and prime minister, pitching herself as the best option to oppose

Freeland was elected to the House of Commons in 2013, two years before Trudeau took office with a majority in 2015. During that election, she drummed up media attention by attempting to enter the men-only Cambridge Club where a Conservative cabinet minister was set to speak.

Former deputy prime minister Chrystia Freeland has launched her bid to be the next federal Liberal leader while staring down multiple hecklers. Freeland’s speech in Toronto to launch her candidacy for party leadership was interrupted several times by protesters with at least one banner and a flag related to Gaza.

After nearly a decade in power, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau finally bowed to a chorus of criticism that had become too loud to ignore, announcing his resignation on Monday. Among the loudest critics was one of his most loyal and longest-serving deputies.