Now, the race to sway the Liberal membership begins. The deadline for Liberal supporters to register to vote for their next leader ended on Monday, at 5 p.m., which means leadership contenders will now turn their focus from signing up new members to actively campaigning to attract votes before March 9.

Arya’s exit from the race leaves six candidates: former deputy prime minister Chrystia Freeland, former banker Mark Carney, House Leader Karina Gould, Nova Scotia MP Jaime Battiste and former MPs Frank Baylis and Ruby Dhalla. The party will announce the winner of the race on March 9.

Six of the seven Liberal leadership candidates who submitted their nomination papers have now been approved by the party to run in the race to succeed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Canadians are surprised that a Member of Parliament won’t be able to run in the Liberal leadership race to become the next prime minister.

T he sprint to succeed Justin Trudeau as the leader of Canada’s Liberal Party has begun. Eight candidates have put their names forward ahead of the January 23rd deadline, but the race will almost certainly be won by either the former central-bank governor,

OTTAWA — One of the seven Liberal leadership hopefuls says the party is not allowing him to run, as another high-profile cabinet minister endorsed Mark Carney on Sunday.