US Edition‘We are fighting to win’ in Terrebonne, Liberals say, as government eyes majority
Liberals say a win would strengthen Prime Minister Mark Carney’s position in Parliament as advance polls drew about 18,200 voters, Elections Canada said.
- Federal Liberals are campaigning intensely in the Quebec riding of Terrebonne ahead of Monday's byelection, with Health Minister Marjorie Michel deploying more than 25 MPs to support Liberal candidate Tatiana Auguste in what one minister calls a "consequential" race.
- This contest is a rematch between Auguste and Bloc Québécois candidate Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné after the Supreme Court annulled last year's election results due to a mail-in ballot error that prevented one vote from being counted.
- Winning this seat alongside two Toronto ridings would grant Prime Minister Mark Carney's government 173 seats in the House of Commons, enabling the Liberals to pass legislation without opposition support.
- Criticizing the Liberal strategy, Bloc Leader Yves-François Blanchet is campaigning with his 21 MPs to defend the riding, arguing voters should reject the party's push for majority power.
- Elections Canada reported Tuesday that 18,200 voters—about 20 per cent of the electorate—cast ballots in advance polls over the weekend, though a special write-in ballot process could delay results on Monday.
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Mark Carney will not need the voters of Terrebonne to reign as king in Ottawa.
The Blocist candidate in Terrebonne, Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné, believes that the Carney government now has the "net majority" he wanted.
The Liberal Party would have forgotten the local stakes to make room for "Carney's cult" in its partial campaign in Terrebonne, according to Bloquist leader Yves-François Blanchet. His opponents did "only evoke the name of the Prime Minister," he accuses.
Midland Today
'We are fighting to win' in Terrebonne, Liberals say as government eyes majority
OTTAWA — Thousands of Liberals will be in Montreal this weekend for the party's annual convention just as voters in the suburban riding of Terrebonne, about 40 km north, get ready to cast ballots in a key byelection on Monday.
'We are fighting to win' in Terrebonne, say Liberals as they eye a majority government
Thousands of Liberals will be in Montreal this weekend for the party's annual convention just as voters in the suburban riding of Terrebonne, about 40 km north, get ready to cast ballots in a key byelection on Monday.
Winnipeg Free Press
'We are fighting to win' in Terrebonne, Liberals say, as government eyes majority
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