Leadership race positions Liberals to own coming news cycles about Donald Trump

Tight timelines, rigid rules, and a big-ticket entry fee will force most Liberal leadership lightweights to bow out.

By invoking U.S. president-elect Donald Trump, left, outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has raised the stakes for the Liberal leadership race, writes Bhagwant Sandhu. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Opinion

BY BHAGWANT SANDHU

January 10, 2025

OTTAWA – With the Liberal Party laying down the criteria to conclude their leadership race by March 9, there are only a few weeks for wannabe prime ministers to come up with the $350,000 entry fee, and to sign up as many Canadian citizens as they can to join the party by J...

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