Front-runner Mark Carney and underdog Chrystia Freeland, both established, centrist policymakers, are vying to succeed Justin Trudeau amid grave threats to Canada from the United States.
Trump, in an early February call, challenged the border treaty between the two countries and told Trudeau he didn’t like their shared water agreements.
Trump and his aides have reportedly threatened to redraw the northern border, go after Canada’s minerals and water, and cancel NORAD.
Justin Trudeau, in his final week as Prime Minister, tells Donald Trump to shove it.
The president has launched a trade war seeking to quell the flow of illegal immigrants and the illegal trafficking of drugs and rebalance trade.