Frontrunners include Chrystia Freeland and Mark Carney, who are making the case they can guide Canada through domestic and international issues. At the top of the list: mounting trade tensions with the United States.

Liberal party members will select a successor to Trudeau, who earlier this year announced his resignation facing deep unpopularity, on March 9.

Donald Trump has taken another jab at Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, unveiling a new nickname for the world leader in a post on Truth Social. The US president has a long history of criticizing