Chrystia Freeland has called for economic retaliation if President-elect Trump follows through with his threat to impose tariffs.
If the president-elect imposes 25 percent tariffs on Canadian goods, Ottawa may cut off energy supplies or impose its own tariffs.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced plans to resign after calls increased for his ouster over his handling of economic policies.
Donald Trump has shared a distorted map showing Canada as part of the United States. "Oh Canada!” the president-elect wrote on Truth Social alongside a picture of a distorted US map.
Former Canadian Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland intends to run to lead the country's Liberal Party. In a statement posted to X, formerly known as Twitter, on Friday, Freeland said she would hold a formal campaign launch in the coming days, but expressed her intention to run.
The president-elect said he'd use "economic force" to bring Canada into the US while also saying the northern neighbor had noting the US needs.
US President-elect Donald Trump shared a distorted map showing Canada as part of the United States. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party put out a witty response to it.
Mark Carney, the former governor of Canada's central bank, on Thursday launched his bid to succeed Justin Trudeau as Liberal Party leader and prime minister, immediately becoming a frontrunner in the race.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the president-elect’s talk about Canada becoming the 51st U.S. state is a distraction from threat of tariffs.
For those Americans who support the idea of a merger, more than three-quarters (77 per cent) said Canadians should choose if they want to join or not, although one per cent did say the country should be taken by military force, according to Angus Reid.