Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrives to Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024.
Trudeau says Liberals have 'a lot of work to do' after his party loses another byelection | CBC News LoadedPrime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday the party he leads has to take stock after voters handed the Liberals another humiliating byelection loss, this time in Montreal.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday the party he leads has to take stock after voters handed the Liberals another humiliating byelection loss, this time in Montreal.
Sauvé took 28 per cent of the vote, compared to 27.2 per cent for Palestini and 26.1 per cent for NDP candidate Craig Sauvé. Fewer than 250 votes separated the Bloc and Liberal candidates.That third-place finish is a disappointment for NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, who was a frequent presence in the riding throughout the campaign.
The Liberal standard-bearer there, Ian MacIntyre, posted one of the worst byelection results for a candidate from the governing party in Canadian history. He got less than five per cent of the vote — a result too low to qualify him for anTrudeau suggested turnout may have played a role in the party's loss. He said in French the party needs to "increase participation so that people can understand there's an important choice to be made in the next election.
The turnout in LaSalle-Émard-Verdun was relatively high for a byelection — 40 per cent of registered voters showed up to cast a ballot. That's about 10 percentage points higher than the turnout in another Montreal byelection last year. Immigration Minister Marc Miller represents a neighbouring riding and stumped for the failed Liberal candidate."The sun is going to rise tomorrow, it's going to set tonight and we intend to win it the next time."Immigration Minister Marc Miller says he takes the Liberal candidate’s loss in the Montreal riding of LaSalle-Émard-Verdun ‘quite personally.’ Minister of Innovation François-Philippe Champagne says the Liberals need to now ‘redouble efforts.
Joly said the government needs to do more to address persistent affordability issues, adding rent and groceries are still too expensive."This is not a moment to get down, it's a moment to double down. We need to bring the energy, talk about possibilities and talk about the future of this country," he said.
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