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Five-term former NDP MP Alexandre Boulerice announced he would be leaving federal politics to run provincially as a Québec Solidaire candidate on April 27. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Resigning MP Boulerice’s Montreal riding expected to be a Bloc-Liberal contest, say strategists 

Unless the NDP can find some ‘superstar candidate,’ then they have ‘zero chance’ of holding the riding once five-time MP Alexandre Boulerice steps down, says Liberal strategist Jonathan Kalles.



Procurement Minister Joël Lightbound says the new Canadian Program for Cyber Security Certification is designed to align with the standards of international partners. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Feds roll out new cybersecurity certification for defence procurement

The first of three levels of certification will be implemented for select defence contracts starting this summer.

Liberal MP Nate Erskine-Smith, left, says Queen's Park needs 'serious progressive leadership,' and he sees the same opportunity to help rebuild the Ontario Liberal Party that initially drew him to federal politics in 2015. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

‘Desperate need of renewal’: Liberal MP Erskine-Smith sets sights on federal exit, provincial party revival

Grit MP Nate Erskine Smith says he intends to resign ‘shortly’ after the provincial nomination for Scarborough Southwest, Ont., is called on May 9 as NDP Leader Avi Lewis passes on the impending Beaches–East York vacancy for his own entrance to the House.

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