byelections

Toying with Jagmeet Singh might be fun for Liberals, but their byelection gamesmanship has not gone unnoticed in Burnaby South

So I was sort of musing idly about today’s (not all that surprising) announcement, and the ongoing In-and-Out saga, and it suddenly occured to me that I have absolutely no idea what limits, if any, are imposed on party spending during a by-election — specifically, spending on advertising. (I know, I know — how odd that my mind would wander, all by its lonesome, in that direction. )

Must-reads: John Robson on superbugs; Colby Cosh on the wardrobe malfunction; Dan Gardner on crime statistics.

9:55 p.m.

Can you — or anyone else — give me one good reason why polling hours should be staggered for tonight’s byelections? I mean, does it really matter to the people of Vancouver Quadra if we get the results for Toronto Centre two hours before their polls close?

Fear not, readers — despite the fact that MPs have absconded from the Hill to spend the next two weeks in the riding, pestering constituents over whether they’re up for a spring election, ITQ will not be going dark for the duration of the Easter Break.