Parliament ended its spring session last week, sending politicians back to their home ridings. Hot Politics host David Mckie and columnist Max Fawcett talk politics.
The NDP is expected to hold onto two British Columbia ridings where byelections will be held on Saturday, June 24, 2023, after the resignations of senior government figures, but the parties that take second place could provide hints about the next general election.
Four new MPs are set to be elected to the House of Commons on Monday in a handful of byelections that political watchers say could expose rifts within the Conservative party and bring a new Liberal cabinet hopeful into the fold.
Jagmeet Singh's political fate — and the fortunes of the New Democratic Party as a whole — are in the hands of voters today in a British Columbia riding.
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh was campaigning in the Vancouver region on Jan. 19, supported by some star power as he explained his support for one pipeline project and his opposition to another.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is poised to call byelections in three federal ridings within days and now he has a fourth vacant riding he may choose to fill at the same time.
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh isn't reading too much into his party's dismal showing in a series of recent byelections, insisting he's playing a long game as he works to shore up support across Canada in preparation for the 2019 federal election.
Conservative and Democrat candidates gave their Liberal rivals a bit of a scare Monday in a pair of byelections in Ontario where some of Justin Trudeau's policies and promises played a central role.