Whatever surprises the fall election holds, it’s Jagmeet Singh’s party now—for better or worse
Voters went to the polls in Burnaby South Monday to elect a new MP for the riding. Polls opened at 7 a.m. PST Monday and remained open until 7 p.m. Results started rolling in shortly after 7:30 PST.
In the by-election race against the NDP leader, Richard Lee is scrambling to contain political damage, and gear up his own late campaign
Stephen Maher: A poll in the riding put Maxime Bernier’s party at nine per cent—and numbers like that could mean the Tories have a problem
Toying with Jagmeet Singh might be fun for Liberals, but their byelection gamesmanship has not gone unnoticed in Burnaby South
Tom Parkin: It goes beyond the discourteous delays in calling a byelection, and seems to point to even more petty efforts to undermine the NDP leader
The Liberal newcomer didn’t have the name recognition of the NDP leader, but she was a formidable opponent in B.C.’s Burnaby South—until she stepped down
Tom Parkin: By delaying a by-election call for months, the Liberals are sidelining their opponent, and denying thousands of Canadians a voice in Parliament