Campaign preparation underway while parties await timing of byelections

Three House of Commons seats are officially vacant, with a fourth expected to open up this fall when Alberta Conservative MP Jason Kenney resigns.

From the left, the late Mauril Bélanger's Ottawa-Vanier seat has been declared vacant, as has the late Conservative MP Jim Hillyer's seat in Medicine Hat-Cardston-Warner, and former prime minister Stephen Harper's Calgary Heritage seat. As well, Conservative Jason Kenney is expected to resign as the MP for Calgary Midnapore on Oct. 1. The Hill Times photographs by Jake Wright

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

September 5, 2016

As politicos await news of the timing for four federal byelections that need to be held—with the deadline to call one of them only two weeks away—all three major parties are preparing to run strong campaigns to fight for new electoral ground even though there are long odds against any of the ri...

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