The federal Liberals will pick a new party leader and prime minister on March 9. Former Bank of Canada and Bank of England governor Mark Carney has a significant lead over his closest rival, former deputy prime minister and finance minister Chrystia Freeland. He’s been ahead by double digits since late January. A Feb. 11 Leger poll suggested the <a data-evt-val="{&quot;control_fields&quot;: {&quot;mparticle&quot;: {&quot;keys&quot;: {&quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;click_source_type&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;anchor_text&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;target_url&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;layout_section&quot;}, &quot;mp_event_type&quot;: &quot;Navigation&quot;, &quot;extra_keys&quot;: [&quot;click_vertical_position_percentage&quot;, &quot;click_vertical_position_pixels&quot;]}}, &quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;in-page link&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;gap&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;https://leger360.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Leger-x-Canadian-Press-Federal-Politics_VF.pdf&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;in-page-link&quot;}" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-evt="click" data-evt-typ="click" data-linkindex="0" href="https://leger360.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Leger-x-Canadian-Press-Federal-Politics_VF.pdf" target="_blank" title="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://leger360.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Leger-x-Canadian-Press-Federal-Politics_VF.pdf__;!!MtWvt2UVEQ!GbXALzK4gevnh829wOg3xdEmcsvsPnWf0McJbav8hgHetRSKhS7KkZJP7jNlQeYTDoPsdU4GZK0y3RuWFGI$">gap</a>&nbsp;was an eye-popping 54 points (68 to 14 per cent).

With her leadership loss on the horizon, she's taken to calling for nuclear protection against Trump{ai:summary}<p>The federal Liberals will select a new party leader and prime minister on March 9. Mark Carney, former governor of the Bank of Canada and Bank of England, holds a substantial lead over Chrystia Freeland, with a February poll showing a 54-point advantage.</p><p>Carney has maintained a double-digit lead since late January, indicating strong support within the party. #politics</p>

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