<p>Canada’s Liberal party will elect a new leader this weekend and Chrystia Freeland is running to replace Justin Trudeau as prime minister. Donald Trump’s belligerence towards his northern neighbour seems to have restored the party’s popularity ahead of a general election this year. Chrystia tells host Gideon Rachman that Canadians are sticking together and that they have some strong cards to play.</p><br><p>Follow Gideon on X @<a href="https://twitter.com/gideonrachman" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">gideonrachman</a><em> </em>or Bluesky <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/gideonrachman.bsky.social" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@gideonrachman.bsky.social</a>.</p><br><p>Gideon Rachman is the chief foreign affairs commentator at the Financial Times. You can find his column <a href="https://on.ft.com/3E6yBJD" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a><em>. </em></p><br><p><strong>Want more? Free links:</strong></p><p><a href="https://on.ft.com/4iszkDx" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Donald Trump’s tariffs loom suddenly through the fog of trade war</a></p><p><a href="https://on.ft.com/3Xux3jc" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Europe has bought Zelenskyy some time</a></p><p><a href="https://on.ft.com/3F0Glgw" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Donald Trump warns tariffs will cause ‘a little disturbance’ in defiant speech</a></p><br><p>Presented by Gideon Rachman. Produced by Fiona Symon. Sound design is by Breen Turner</p><br><p><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/e27c2ed8-7a21-4106-ad76-4f5a69d4965d" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com</strong></a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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