Claire Seaborn, a Bay Street lawyer and former chief of staff to minister Jonathan Wilkinson, is launching a bid for the Liberal nomination in Beaches-East York, aiming to return to Parliament Hill as an MP.

Former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his former climate change cabinet ministers, Catherine McKenna, Jonathan Wilkinson, and Steven Guilbeault, convened at the Rideau Club amidst reports of Mark Carney changing his course on climate policy.

Mark Carney has appointed Jonathan Wilkinson, a former cabinet minister from the Trudeau era, as the new ambassador to the European Union. Wilkinson announced he would be leaving his federal seat in the coming months.