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Liberals advance voting begins, Mark Carney still frontrunner

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 26 Feb, 2025 11:02 AM
  • Liberals advance voting begins, Mark Carney still frontrunner

With the debates now done, Liberal party members can start casting advance ballots today to select their next leader a little under two weeks from now.

They can cast their ranked ballot choices by mail or in some instances by phone, and each electoral district counts for 100 points in the race.

Former central bank governor Mark Carney, former finance minister Chrystia Freeland, former government House leader Karina Gould and Montreal businessman Frank Baylis all made their pitches to Liberal voters in the only two debates of the race on Monday and Tuesday.

Carney is widely perceived to be the front-runner in the race by far.

What the rules say about Carney's assets

The Conservatives are calling on Liberal leadership candidate Mark Carney to disclose his personal assets to the country's conflict of interest and ethics commissioner before the race is over on March 9.

But they admit he isn't breaking any rules.

Candidates do not have to disclose their personal assets to the ethics commissioner until they are elected as M-Ps or become cabinet ministers.

If Carney wins the Liberal leadership race, he will be appointed prime minister.

The ethics commissioner's office says he will then have 120 days to make disclosures.

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