Byelections loom large as parties enter final summer stretch

Liberals are laying low and seem to be lacking urgency after their Toronto byelection defeat back in June, say pollsters.

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, left, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre have been travelling the country meeting Canadians this summer.Photographs courtesy of Instagram

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BY SOPHALL DUCH

August 16, 2024

The political cross-country barbecue circuit has been the calm before the storm as federal party leaders gear up for two byelections on Sept. 16—the same day parliamentarians return to Ottawa for the fall sitting.

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