From the major to the minor leagues of Canadian politics

Changing the decks: NDP MP Judy Wasylycia-Leis, Liberal MP Maurizio Bevilacqua, and Conservative MP Inky Mark quit Parliament, George Smitherman resigned as Ontario's deputy premier and infrastructure minister to contest Toronto's mayoralty and his Cabine

TORONTO—There is a striking contrast between the attention devoted to reading the tea leaves of the results of the three recent federal byelections and the relative lack of attention to what necessitated the by-elections—the resignations of long-serving MPs to contest municipal office...

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