Liberal leadership normally a three-to-six-month race, but under party constitution’s ‘political circumstances,’ it could be a 30-to-45-day contest

Thanks to the necessity of prime minister’s departure now, the only way to provide stability to this nation is allowing a new Liberal leader to take their place and face the Trump administration for its first several months. After that, all bets are off.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured at 9:05 a.m. on Dec. 16, 2024, arriving for his cabinet meeting in West Block, the same morning Chrystia Freeland resigned from cabinet.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY JAMIE CARROLL

January 6, 2025

For what I think we can agree are obvious reasons, the rules governing the selection of a new leader of the Liberal Party of Canada have enjoyed far greater attention in recent days than possibly ever before. As a former national director of the party and someone who was onc...

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