Canada Likely to Get Successor to Trudeau by the First Week of March

Canada could get its successor to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau by the first week of March so the person has enough time to prepare before Parliament meets in the last week of the month.

- Anirudh Bhattacharyya

TORONTO: Meanwhile, an Indo-Canadian MP has declared that he is entering the contest.

The schedule for the leadership race of the Liberal Party is expected to be announced within days.

Party president Sachit Mehra, an Indo-Canadian, was among those present at a national caucus meeting in Ottawa on Wednesday.

Parliamentary Secretary and MP Rob Oliphant was among those hopeful the winning candidate would be elected by March 2, a Sunday, so as to have sufficient time to address the challenge of facing the House of Commons.