Liberal Leadership Race is On

Carney, Freeland and Gould are the frontrunners in the race

There are seven people running to replace Justin Trudeau as the leader of the Liberal Party of Canada. They submitted their nominations with along with signatures of 300 card-carrying Liberals and C$50,000 deposit by Thursday 5pm EST.

Out in front is Mark Carney, a former Bank of Canada governor who has the support of several Liberal ministers like Melanie Joly and Francois-Philippe Champagne. Carney has no political experience, but knows how to handle the economy.

Close behind is former deputy leader and finance minister Chrystia Freeland who is trying to position herself as an outsider as she resigned abruptly last month, but she was under Trudeau for so long that people won't forget that.

An unfamiliar face is Karina Gould, the former House leader, but doesn't have much name recognition.

And then there are others who are outsiders:

Jaime Battiste is the first Indigenous candidate to run for the Liberal leadership. He is currently an MP representing a riding in Nova Scotia.

The others are Chandra Arya, Frank Baylis, and Ruby Dahlla, who is a former Liberal MP.

They don't have long to make a name for themselves, which makes it much easier for the frontrunners.

However the risk is that whoever becomes the leader will be the shortest sitting prime minister as the Conservatives and the New Democrats have promised a vote of no confidence in the Liberals, which would result in a general election...