Voters will be heading to the booths as polling opens Monday in three key federal byelections.
The byelections come as Canadians grapple with the effects of repeated escalations of U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war against Canada.
Voting is now open in the Ontario riding of Beaches-East York and the Quebec riding of Chicoutimi-Le Fjord. A third riding, North Vancouver-Capilano in British Columbia, saw polls open at 7 a.m. Pacific.
Elections Canada said 39,500 Canadians have already voted in advance polls according to its preliminary figures, from Aug. 21 to Aug. 24
North Vancouver–Capilano recorded the highest early turnout with 16,700, followed by Beaches-East York with 11,800 and Chicoutimi-Le Fjord at 11,000.
What’s at stake?
In B.C., the Liberals are hoping to hold on to North Vancouver-Capilano, which they’ve held since 2015. Most recently, it belonged to long-time MP and minister Jonathan Wilkinson, who left to take on the role of Canada’s ambassador to the European Union.
Ex-Liberal MP Nate Erskine-Smith’s former seat in Beaches-East York is also up for grabs.
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The former MP and cabinet minister is now running for Toronto city council after a failed attempt to be the candidate for the provincial Liberals in an upcoming byelection.
The third riding to watch will be in Chicoutimi-Le Fjord, which became vacant after Prime Minister Mark Carney named Conservative MP Richard Martel to the Senate.
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According to a new poll by Ipsos for Global News, 44 per cent of Canadians say they’d vote for the Liberals if an election were held tomorrow compared to 33 per cent for the Conservatives, 10 per cent for the NDP and eight per cent for the Bloc.
Those numbers were strongest in B.C. with 46 per cent saying they’d vote Liberal and 49 per cent saying the same in Ontario. The Liberals also were ahead in Quebec, with 37 per cent saying they’d vote for the governing party, but the numbers were closer with 33 per cent supporting the Bloc Québécois. The Conservatives trailed in third in Quebec at 22 per cent.
For all three provinces where a by-election is being held, the polling also showed majority support for Canada standing firm against the U.S. proposed deal, even if it meant higher tariffs and economic costs. About 65 per cent of B.C. and Ontario residents said they agreed with the decision, with 57 per cent saying the same in Quebec.
–with files from Global’s Sean Previl
The Conservatives are becoming completely irrelevant in Canada. Time to get rid of Pierre and start rebuilding the party. How many times can he lose?
@lol at various times. Incorrect opinions like yours can’t be checked and verified. Facts and statistics can. I can happily admit I’ve been proven incorrect with facts and statistics. To quote someone else, when I’m wrong, I change my mind. What do you do? You just try to make fun of statistics. Maybe read a book on the subject?
I’m not even going to vote. Why . All clowns
@Ben So obsessed with his useless leftist index. Let me guess the leftists thing the best country in the world is some Scandinavian leftist icehole that no one wants to live in.
@Ben Its part of the Clownadian mentality to say incredibly moronic things that make no sense while pretending to be highly respected. Didnt you learn anything from failed clowns trudeau and jagmeet?
@mike. Sorry to hear you are in the USA where they are sinking even lower on world democracy and freedom indices. I agree it’s communism when Trump takes stakes in companies without paying for them. /s
@ Mike – there are no communists anymore. Even China has a form of capitalism. N. Korea is the closest and they have a totalitarian gov’t and a centrally planned economy.
The Cold War ended in 1989 when the Berlin Wall came down.
Bad actors trying to create anxiety with loaded boogeyman language.
None for PP.
the communists would not let me vote. 42 years in canada. not that it matters, every name on the ballot is a vote for more communist failure.
Every election is Conservative vs Liberals and their funded media who carry them with fake polls and propaganda.
Liberals would lose every one if they didn’t have the news on their team.
MAGA-loving Cons posting more anti-canadian garbage today…..or, possibly just Trumpkin bots, lol!
@lol. It’s part of American psychology to deflect when the failures of their country are pointed out. Rather Trumpian I would say.
Do the right thing, DON’T vote liberal
@Ben. Clownada ranks number 1 in the China bootlicker index. So much for democracy
@Wilson at 1234 pm. Carney just promised he was the best man for the job and the vast majority of Canadians agree. Poilievre is not suitable and the NDP leader needs more experience.
Clearly Carney is not the guy for the job. He still doesn’t have a deal with the USA that we promised by July 31, 2025.
There is always a crisis the Liberals will manipulate. Somehow we had an election during COVID just after the cheques were printed. But canadians will lap it up and beg for more crises
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@Ben Nobody cares about some biased leftist indexes, Clownadian. Clownada ranks number 1 in being a nobody. You care so much about democracy and so you’re busy bootlicking China. What a joke
@Ben Clownadians really proving how little Trump changing the name of lake bothers them. If Liberals werent incompetent idiots, you’d actually have something meaningful to run on
Voting liberal will be a mistake. Check your insurance policies.
Good safe seats populated by good safe liberal sheep. Like they would ever change. Yet the media try to act like it is an actual race.
To funny, but I guess it is better then doing actual research and writing real stories.
This explains why Carney didn’t release the whole details as to why the trade talks failed.,
Canadians keep wondering why thugs have gotten so bad but fail to connect the dots the Liberals have been in power for almost 11 years. Dont expect different results if you do the same thing time and again.
North Van will not change. They love Libs for some reason. Maybe a change in East York beaches to NDP. I doubt the Conservatives in Quebec will keep their seat. Carney keeps banging the Trump drum and people keep falling for it.
@Lol at 1013 am. Repeating your “Clownada” joke 5 times isn’t a flex. You Americans should be focussing on sinking even lower on world democracy indices and losing the war in Iran.
Poll open at 7am in North Vancouver
Breaking! Trump has renamed Canada to Clownada
The Carney strategy worked again keep Canadians worried about Trump and not think about what a pathetic job he is doing. Still no deal after he promised to get one and keep good prices down. Failed on both counts