Government House leader Karina Gould has become the youngest candidate to throw her hat in the ring to replace Justin Trudeau as Liberal leader, saying she's the right person to rebuild the party. "Canadians have lost faith in our party and we have to earn back their trust,

In a sparsely worded post on the social media platform X, the former finance minister and deputy prime minister said simply that she's "running to fight for Canada."

Former Canadian Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland intends to run to lead the country's governing Liberal Party. In a statement posted on Friday to X, formerly known as Twitter, Freeland expressed her intention to run and said she would hold a formal campaign launch in the coming days.