Foreign Minister Won't Run to Replace Trudeau

Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly said she won't enter the leadership race to succeed Justin Trudeau as prime minister.

- Bloomberg

OTTAWA:

Joly, who has long been seen as a contender for the Liberal Party leadership, will instead focus on her cabinet job ahead of Donald Trump's inauguration on January 20 and his threat to impose economically devastating tariffs on Canada.

"The threat is now. I'm the foreign minister now. January 20 is in a week or so.