Steven MacKinnon is the latest cabinet minister to decline to run for Liberal leadership after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s resignation
OTTAWA — Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon is the latest cabinet minister to decline to run for the Liberal leadership after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s resignation on Monday.
“Unfortunately, the time available does not allow me to mount the kind of campaign that I would want to run,” MacKinnon wrote.
Anand wrote that she would “return to my prior professional life of teaching, research and public policy analyses.”
People close to former finance minister Chrystia Freeland’s leadership team have said she is consulting with caucus members about a potential leadership bid.
On Friday, Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly told reporters she was personally ready to become the Liberal party’s first female leader, but that leaving her current responsibilities made it impossible.
So far the race has only two declared candidates: Ottawa backbencher Chandra Arya and Quebec businessman and former MP Frank Baylis.
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