in World News Trudeau Liberals lose both of Monday’s byelections in Winnipeg and Montreal
David Krayden
“It’s about me. It’s not about the PM. I will let myself be the … prime focus of this election.”
Prime Mnister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party suffered two byelection losses Monday night. With results in, Liberal candidates lost in both contests. In the perpetually safe seat in Montreal of LaSalle—Émard—Verdun, the Liberal candidate lost to the Bloc Québécois’ Louis-Philippe Sauvé, in a tight three-way race. In the Manitoba riding of Winnipeg’s Elmwood —Transcona the NDP’s Leila Dance defeatead the Conservative Party with the Liberals a distant third. In Montreal, Liberal candidate Laura Palestini had insisted “It’s about me. It’s not about the PM. I will let myself be the … prime focus of this election.”
Former Justice Minister David Lametti represented the riding until he resigned from Parliament – just days after a federal court justice announced that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s invocation of the Emergencies Act in response to the Freedom Convoy protests was unconstitutional. Lametti had been a vocal supporter of using the legislation to crush the peaceful protest.