The frontrunners for the Liberal leadership are former central banker Mark Carney and ex-Finance Minster Chrystia Freeland.

Foreign Minister Melanie Joly will not run for Liberal leadership. Up to now, Joly was widely considered a potential successor to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who recently announced he would resign as leader of the Liberal party.

Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly will head to Washington next week as part of her government’s efforts to press the incoming Trump administration not to impose damaging tariffs on Canada.

Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly is bowing out of the race to replace Justin Trudeau as Liberal leader — making her the second cabinet minister to choose their current job over a chance to become prime minister.

Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly won’t run in the Liberal leadership race because she feels her duty is to the country and dealing with the incoming Trump administration and the threat of massive tariffs on Canadian goods.

Joly's office did not say exactly when she's departing or whether other ministers will accompany her, and did not name the officials she'll be meeting with in Washington.

OTTAWA--Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said Friday the cabinet is preparing a list of retaliatory tariffs Ottawa could slap on U.S. goods in the event President-elect Donald Trump follows through on his threat of a 25% tariff on imports from its northern neighbor.

After Trudeau's resignation on Monday, these are the top five contendors who are in race to succeed him as the Canadian Prime Minister.

The source, who spoke on the condition they not be named because they were not authorized to speak publicly, said Carney has more than 30 MPs backing him. The source suggested he picked up support after Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc closed the door on leadership earlier this week.

Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly will head to Washington next week as part of her government's efforts to press the incoming Trump administration not to impose damaging tariffs on Canada.

Trump said in late November he would impose a 25% tariff on goods from Canada and Mexico until the countries fortified their border-security efforts to limit the flow of illegal drugs and migrants into the U.S. To that end, Canada has pledged nearly $1 billion to add more border agents, and acquire helicopters and drones to help patrol activity.