Foreign 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.

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 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.

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 Mélanie Joly is out of the running to replace Justin Trudeau as Liberal leader, a Liberal source confirms to The Canadian Press. Joly is expected to talk to media today outside a Canada-U.

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.

After Trudeau's resignation on Monday, these are the top five contendors who are in race to succeed him as the Canadian Prime Minister.

There is not a "snowball's chance in hell" that Canada will merge with the United States, outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday, while his foreign minister added the country will "never back down" from threats by Donald Trump.

The frontrunners for the Liberal leadership are former central banker Mark Carney and ex-Finance Minster Chrystia Freeland.

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.

Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly will head to Washington next week as part of her government's efforts to press the incoming Trump administration not to impose damaging tariffs on Canada.