Karina Gould enters Liberal leadership race to replace Justin Trudeau

Canadian cabinet minister Karina Gould said on Saturday that she would participate in the contest to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as leader of the ruling Liberal Party.

Gould, 37, becomes the third serious candidate to announce their candidacy. She is currently the Liberals’ House Leader, in charge of pushing legislation through Parliament.

Gould will be up against former Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland and ex-Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney. The new leader is due to be announced on March 9.

On Friday, Chrystia Freeland, Canada’s former deputy prime minister, whose unexpected resignation in December played a role in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s decision to resign, announced that she is seeking to replace him.

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Trudeau’s replacement is unlikely to be in office long, given polls show that the Liberals are set to be crushed by the official opposition Conservatives. The next election must be held by Oct 20 and could happen as early as May.

Former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney announced on Thursday that he was running to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as leader of the ruling Liberal Party, saying he wanted to focus on the struggling economy.

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Carney, 59, launched his bid at an event in the western city of Edmonton, casting himself as an outsider who was not part of Trudeau’s unpopular government.

Trudeau announced his resignation this month amid unhappiness among legislators alarmed by the party’s poor polling numbers ahead of an election this year.