The current liberal leadership contest has officially presented two candidates, with Mark Carney expected to announce his bid shortly.
The first contestant is former Montreal Liberal MP Franky Baylis who doubled down on his commitment to keeping the carbon tax policy in place and said in his opening media appearance that eliminating the carbon tax alone will not solve the affordability issue for Canadians.
The second to enter the race was Ottawa area (Nepean) Liberal MP Chandra Arya, who immigrated to Canada nearly two decades ago, however still struggles with the English language and admittedly does not speak any French.
Arya has presented himself as a candidate who supports a small government, and has promised to reform Canada into a republic, ditching the monarchy.
And third, Mark Carney is expected to announce his bid for the leadership in Edmonton later this week, only days after his recent interview on the Jon Stewart show where he attempted to present himself as an outsider.
Carney, who spent years advising the current Liberal government and endorsing its carbon pricing policy, has only recently attempted to distance himself from both the regime and their policies.
Finally, former Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland hasn’t announced her bid for the party’s leadership, but the CBC reported that she will do so before Donald Trump is sworn in as the 47th U.S. President, which takes place on Monday the 20th.
Former Premier of British Columbia Christy Clark had an embarrassingly short attempt to enter the Liberal leadership race, which ended before it began. During a Tuesday morning call with her team, Clark said that she does not have enough time to answer critics on her party affiliation scandal, after getting caught lying when she told reporters that she had never been a Conservative Party member.
She also said that she doesn’t have enough time to learn how to speak French.
Other Liberal figures, such as cabinet ministers Dominic Leblanc, Melanie Joly, and Anita Anand, have opted not to run.
