With McKenna out, NDP sees opportunity to recapture Ottawa Centre

Ottawa Centre has historically flipped between the Liberals and the NDP at both the federal and provincial levels.

Following the announcement that Infrastructure Minister Catherine McKenna, pictured far left, won't seek re-election, former Ontario cabinet minister Yasir Naqvi jumped in the Ottawa Centre Liberal nomination race. There has been speculation that past Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney, centre, will seek the nomination. For the NDP, school board trustee Lyra Evans and economist Angella MacEwen, pictured far right, are seeking their party's nomination. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade and photographs courtesy of Twitter/Wikimedia Commons/Facebook

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BY NEIL MOSS

July 7, 2021

Following the news that Liberal MP Catherine McKenna won't be seeking re-election in Ottawa Centre, Ont., the NDP is hoping to use the two-term MP's exit as an opportunity to flip the riding back to its orange ways. The riding, which has been represented provincially by Ontario NDP MPP Joel Harden...

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