Chief Messenger: Liberal Leadership Candidates in Their Own Words
The leader of a political party is also its chief messenger. That makes political communication skills a key requirement of the job and a must-have for whoever becomes the next Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada.
To help leadership voters make up their minds about which candidate would make the best communicator, I will be compiling a list of links to interviews, op-eds, and podcasts the candidates have completed since the Prime Minister’s resignation news conference kicked off this race.
Read, watch, or listen to gain insight into each candidate’s ability to engage with others and make the case for big L liberalism across Canada.
Other Content: To learn more about the rules of the race, visit my leadership “Rules Explainer”. To learn more about their policy positions, visit my “Head Wonk” leadership policy cheat sheet.
Note: the candidates are listed in alphabetical order, with engagements listed from most to least recent.
Frank Baylis
Learn more about Frank Baylis on his website: https://www.frankbaylis.ca/
- February 12, 2025: Race to Replace Podcast // Interview
- January 30, 2025: CPAC // Launch Event
- January 19, 2025: The Hill Times // Op-Ed “How I would deal with Trump”
- January 17, 2025: Qub Radio // Interview with Mario Dumont
- January 10, 2025: Montreal Gazette // The Corner Booth Podcast
- January 7, 2025: CTV News // Power Play with Vassy Kapelos
- January 7, 2025: CBC News //Power and Politics with David Cochrane
Mark Carney
Learn more about Mark Carney on his website: https://markcarney.ca/
- February 16, 2025: CBC Rosemary Barton Live // Interview
- February 3, 2025: CNN with Jake Tapper // Interview
- February 1, 2025: BBC // Newsnight Interview
- January 31, 2025: CTV News // Interview with Todd Battis
- January 16, 2025: CPAC // Campaign Launch Event
- January 13, 2025: The Daily Show // Interview with Jon Stewart
Ruby Dhalla
Learn more about Ruby Dhalla on her website: https://go.rubyforpm.ca/
- January 25, 2025: Launch Video // Message to Liberal Supporters
- January 23, 2025: CBC News // Power and Politics with David Cochrane
- January 22, 2025: CTV Your Morning // Interview
Chrystia Freeland
Learn more about Chrystia Freeland on her website: https://www.chrystiafreeland.ca/
- February 13, 2025: The Briefing Note Podcast // Interview
- February 13 ,2025: New York Times // Op-Ed: Retaliation Against Canada Won’t Work This Time
- February 12, 2025: Radio-Canada // Interview
- February 11, 2025: CNN Outfront // Interview with Erin Burnett
- February 12, 2025: Talking Fast Podcast // Interview
- February 11, 2025: Check News // Interview with Rob Shaw
- February 3, 2025: MSNBC // Morning Joe
- February 2, 2025: CBC News // Interview with Rosemary Barton
- February 2, 2025: CNN // GPS with Fareed Zakaria
- February 2, 2025: CTV // Question Period with Vassy Kapelos
- February 1, 2025: Global TV // Global National
- January 28, 2025: Bloomberg News // Interview
- January 27, 2025: CBC Radio The Current // Interview with Matt Galloway
- January 26, 2025: Radio-Canada // Tout le monde en parle (French)
- January 22, 2025: Breakfast Television // Interview
- January 20, 2025: CP24 // Interview
- January 19, 2025: CPAC // Campaign Launch Event
- January 19, 2025: Washington Post // Op-Ed “America, don’t doubt Canada’s resolve”
- January 18, 2025: Launch Video // “Join the Fight for Canada”
- January 17, 2025: Le Devoir // Op-Ed “La menace de tarifs de Donald Trump est réelle et voici comment le Canada peut y répondre” (French)
- January 17, 2025: Toronto Star // Op-Ed “We won’t back down to Donald Trump. The U.S. should brace for the biggest trade blow it has ever endured”
Karina Gould
Learn more about Karina Gould on her website: https://karinagould.ca/
- February 11, 2025: CBC This Hour Has 22 Minutes // Interview
- February 11, 2025: CTV News Atlantic // Interview with Todd Battis
- February 6, 2025: CBC News // Power and Politics with David Cochrane
- February 2, 2025: Herle Burly Podcast // Interview with David Herle
- January 29, 2025: Breakfast Television // Interview
- January 29, 2025: CTV Your Morning // Interview
- January 28, 2025: CBC Radio // Frontburner with Jayme Poisson
- January 24, 2025: CJAD 800 Radio // Interview
- January 23, 2025: The Briefing Note Podcast // Interview with Sarah Elder
- January 23, 2025: CBC News // Power and Politics with David Cochrane
- January 23, 2025: CTV News // Power Play with Vassy Kapelos
- January 22, 2025: Steve Boots Youtube Show // Interview
- January 20, 2025: CBC Radio-Canada // Interview (French)
- January 19, 2025: CPAC // Campaign Launch Event
- January 19, 2025: CBC News // Rosemary Barton Live
- January 19, 2025: Podcast is Broken // Interview with Brittlestar
- January 18, 2025: Launch Video // “Karina Gould for LPC Leader”
Theresa has served as the Communications Coordinator for the Ontario Liberal Party, the VP Communications for the Ontario Women’s Liberal Commission, the Director of Communications to Ontario Deputy Premier Deb Matthews, and an election-speechwriter for former Premier Kathleen Wynne. As a member of ‘Team Neutral’, she helped manage the 2013 and 2020 OLP Leadership races.
