OTTAWA — Chrystia Freeland, whose dramatic resignation as finance minister in December set the stage for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to step down, has announced she will run for the Liberal leadership.

Freeland announced her campaign on social media on Friday morning with a single sentence: “I am running to fight for Canada.”

The announcement comes on the heels of former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney’s campaign launch in Edmonton on Thursday. Freeland wrote on social media that her own official launch will take place on Sunday.

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