Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly is bowing out of the race to replace Justin Trudeau as Liberal leader — making her the second cabinet minister to choose their current job over a chance to become prime minister.

Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly will not run for Liberal leadership. Up to now, Joly was widely considered a potential successor to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who recently announced he would resign as leader of the Liberal party.

OTTAWA--Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly said Friday the cabinet is preparing a list of retaliatory tariffs Ottawa could slap on U.S. goods in the event President-elect Donald Trump follows through on his threat of a 25% tariff on imports from its northern neighbor.

Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly says she won't be running to become the next Liberal party leader who will succeed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly won’t run in the Liberal leadership race because she feels her duty is to the country and dealing with the incoming Trump administration and the threat of massive tariffs on Canadian goods.

Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly says she has decided not to run for the Liberal Leadership. She says she is ready to be the first woman to lead the Liberal Party of Canada but she is not ready to step away from her cabinet role at a crucial time in Canada-U.S. relations. (Jan. 10, 2025)

High-profile cabinet minister Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says she won't seek the Liberal leadership, s source says

OTTAWA — Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly will not be running for the Liberal leadership in the wake of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s resignation, she announced on Friday. Joly said she was personally ready to lead the Liberal party, but that her current responsibilities made running for the job impossible.

Justin Trudeau, who has led the country for nearly a decade, is giving up leadership of the Liberal party. He said he would remain in both roles until his replacement had been chosen through a party election.

Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly on Tuesday protested about U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's comments about possibly using economic force against the country. "

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said 'there isn't a snowball's chance in hell that Canada would become part of the United States,' on the same day U.S. president-elect Donald Trump declared that he's open to using 'economic force' to acquire Canada.