Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at the riding office of Laura Palestini, Liberal candidate for LaSalle–Emard–Verdun in Montreal on Sunday August 11, 2024.
The federal Liberal brand will be put to the test again in a byelection in the Montreal riding of LaSalle—Émard—Verdun on Sept. 16 — a contest Liberal Party brass hope won't deliver a repeat of the party's failure in a Toronto riding earlier this summer.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks at the riding office of Laura Palestini, Liberal candidate for LaSalle–Emard–Verdun in Montreal, on Sunday, August 11, 2024.
"Trudeau has spent a long time in Ottawa, so maybe it's time for him to leave the place and let someone else step in," he said. "I think that voting Bloc is a good way to protest and I'm going to knock the hell out of the doors in this riding."More than half of the riding's residents are francophones, according to census data.
The communities that make up this seat have been represented by Liberals — including former prime minister Paul Martin — for most of the past century. Two notable exceptions were the period in the 1980s when Brian Mulroney's Progressive Conservatives dominated, and a brief interlude afterWATCH | Montreal byelection seen as test for Trudeau following Toronto-St.
An NDP victory here would be a huge upset — the party's candidate got less than 20 per cent of the vote and finished a distant third in the last general election. There's currently only one NDP MP from Quebec. "We have less seats than the other parties but we're getting more results. If we weren't there, it would be a very different result," Sauvé said.
She is promising voters that if they send her to Ottawa, she will focus on boosting the economy, bringing down the cost of living, building more homes and finalizing pharmacare and dental care.
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