An Edmonton limousine service says someone called for one of its cars to show up at the community centre where Mark Carney launched his bid for the Liberal leadership on Thursday — but the person didn’t leave a name and never showed.

Mark Carney has run two central banks and championed the green transition. Now he wants to lead Canada’s Liberal Party.

Former Canadian finance minister Chrystia Freeland is running to be the next leader of the Liberal Party and Prime Minister of Canada.

For all those that think the Trudeau calamity is something new: Brian Mulroney stepped down as PC leader on Feb. 24, 1993. Kim Campbell was chosen the leader of the PC party on June 13, 1993, became PM June 25, 1993 and lost the federal election to Jean Chretien on Oct. 25, 1993.

On Monday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stepped down as the country and party leader, marking the end of a decade in power. (That’s a long time, but it’s still short of his dad’s 15 cumulative years in office.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is slamming Alberta’s refusal to sign a joint statement on the plan to respond to Donald Trump’s tariff threats, saying Premier Danielle Smith is not putting Canadians first.

Justin Trudeau wouldn't have come up at those Calgary doorsteps ... and "casual cocktail Liberals" to not bother devoting political resources to places like Edmonton or Calgary, says Dan Arnold, who used to blog as Calgary Grit before becoming the federal ...

Mr Carney, who was also governor of the Bank of England, is running as an outsider with considerable financial experience. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Apparently, the federal government has just announced it will be immediately ending its rebate program for EVs, as the program has now run out of money (“Dead batteries,” Lorrie Goldstein, Jan. 14). In the over nine years since the Liberals came to power,

The experienced hand who can fix the economy. The tough negotiator who can take on a Donald Trump White House. The millennial long-hauler who can rebuild the party.

That changes dramatically when Trumpers are presented with the facts. Half change their mind, and instead oppose the tariffs when they are informed that some projections are that gas could rise 30 to 70 cents per gallon, given America’s heavy reliance on Canadian oil.