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Politics! Carney pulls ahead, Ford to trigger election

Mark Carney and Chrystia Freeland are both positioning themselves as the outsider candidate in the race as Carney gets endorsed by key cabinet ministers.
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Mark Carney surrounded by microphones in Ottawa.
Mark Carney, candidate for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada, in a scrum with journalists on the sidewalk outside the venue of a campaign event in Ottawa on Thursday. Carney says he encourages the federal government to intervene in a Supreme Court case on Bill 21, the controversial Quebec secularism law. Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press)
Front Burner24:41Politics! Carney pulls ahead, Ford to trigger election

The Liberal leadership race really got underway this week. Mark Carney wracked up endorsements from current cabinet ministers, while Chrystia Freeland pitched herself as running against the "Ottawa establishment". 

Meanwhile, Ontario Premier Doug Ford is calling an early election on Wednesday in hopes of shoring up another strong mandate, and capitalize on his visibility during the tariff fight.

Vandana Kattar is a former advisor to Justin Trudeau, and a political strategist. Dennis Matthews is the President of the a national advertising agency Creative Currency, a conservative strategist and former advertising director for Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Mélanie Riche is Principal at Earnscliffe Strategies and former Director of Communications for the NDP and Jagmeet Singh. They join host Jayme Poisson to talk about it all.

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