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.
Canada is one of several foreign entities that Trump has said the U.S. should acquire, along with resource-rich Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark, and the Panama Canal. Trump has suggested Canada could become the 51st state of America.
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.
Former Canadian finance minister Chrystia Freeland is running to be the next leader of the Liberal Party and Prime Minister of Canada.
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.
Canada’s governing Liberal Party will announce the country’s new prime minister March 9 after a leadership vote that follows the resignation of Justin Trudeau this week
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau responded to continuing threats of annexation from President-elect Trump on Tuesday. Trudeau, along with other leaders.