Former Canadian Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland intends to run to lead the country's Liberal Party. In a statement posted to X, formerly known as Twitter, on Friday, Freeland said she would hold a formal campaign launch in the coming days, but expressed her intention to run.

Former finance minister and deputy prime minister Chrystia Freeland has announced she is entering the Liberal leadership race.

OTTAWA — Chrystia Freeland, whose dramatic resignation as finance minister in December set the stage for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to step down, has announced she will run for the Liberal leadership. Freeland announced her campaign on social media on Friday morning with a single sentence: “I am running to fight for Canada.”

Former Canadian finance minister Chrystia Freeland, who was one of Trudeau’s closest political allies for a decade, quit last month after resisting his demands for more spending and wrote a letter denouncing his governing style.

Chrystia Freeland, the former Canadian finance minister who helped bring Justin Trudeau’s political career to an end when she resigned in December, has joined the race to replace him as prime minister.

Chrystia Freeland is running to be the next Leader of the Liberal party and prime minister of Canada. She says in a statement posted on social media she will launch her campaign officially on Sunday.