Six of the seven liberal leadership candidates presented their nomination documents have now been approved by the party to run in the race to succeed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Former Central banker Mark Carney, former Minister of Finance and Vice Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, New Scotland deputy Jaime Battiste, former leader of the Karina Gould Government House and former Liberal Deputy Ruby Dhalla were notified on Monday they can run In the race.
The former Liberal Deputy of Montreal, Frank Baylis, who was the first to enter the race, also had his candidacy approved by the party on Monday.
While candidates have been confirmed by the Liberal Party, Canada’s elections have to confirm them.
The news comes a day after Nepean’s deputy, Chandra Arya, said the party told her that she would not be allowed to run in the contest.
Arya was the first deputy in the session to launch a leadership campaign and promised to leave the monarchy if he was chosen. He also said that he does not speak French and does not believe that he matters for French -speaking Canadians. Ottawa’s suburban deputy was elected in 2015 and has been a backbenter since then.
According to the rules established by the party, the candidates had until 5 PM ET last Thursday to present a nomination package that includes the signatures of 300 registered liberals (including at least 100 of three different provinces or territories) and a reimbursable deposit of $ 50,000.
Accepted candidates must have a total entry rate of $ 350,000, made more than four installments between January 23 and February 17.
As the barrel race towards a vote on March 9, the policies of the candidates are dripping, but no one has outlined their complete platform.
Carney, Freeland ensures most endorsements
Carney and Freeland are seen as the two leaders in the race to succeed Trudeau, having secured the greatest amount of caucus guarantees so far.
On Thursday, Carney, a former governor of the Bank of Canada, published a campaign video that points to the conservative leader Pierre Poilievre. The opposition party has been critical of Carney for years, and has increased its attacks since it launched its campaign, which suggests that it is a liberal member that favors unpopular and expensive policies.
“You can’t face Trump when you’re working since his play book,” said Carney in the video.
“[Poilievre] He has been a politician all his life, and in all that time, he has not fixed anything. He only complains. “
A campaign source said Wednesday that Freeland would discard the changes in the capital gains tax that she presented as finance minister.
It is the second key liberal policy from which Freeland has moved away in his attempt to become the next liberal leader and prime minister. Freeland would drop the consumer carbon tax if she wins.
Last week, Freeland also promised to shake the constitution of the party to develop a process for leadership revisions, a blow in Trudeau. The prime minister faced growing calls from Caucus to resign last year, but they ran out of a mechanism to force him out.
“We will never be in a position in which the leader is the only person who decides who the leader is,” he said last week.
“I think the base members of the Liberal Party and Caucus need to have a greater voice in what we do and how we do it.”