#federal byelections

[allthecanadianpolitics]

With four federal byelections set in three provinces next month, one of those provinces, in particular, will likely draw the attention of political analysts.

“All eyes will turn to Manitoba on election night,” said Darrell Bricker, CEO of Ipsos Public Affairs.

On June 19, voters in the Manitoba ridings of Portage—Lisgar and Winnipeg South Centre will choose their next members of Parliament, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Sunday. Voters in the Ontario riding of Oxford and Quebec’s Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Westmount will also head to the ballot box that night.

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[pookiestheone3]

A total of 91 candidates will be on the ballot for the Sept. 16 byelection in LaSalle–Émard–Verdun, making it the longest ballot in the history of Canadian federal elections. The previous record was set in June when 84 candidates put their names forward for the Toronto–St. Paul's election. The nearly metre-long ballot plagued the vote counting process and final results weren't announced until 4:30 a.m. the following day.

This is for one seat in Parliament; there's nothing else on the ballot. Ballots are hand counted, not machine-read.

[thiswaycomessomethingwicked]

In good political news today, Toronto elected Olivia Chow as mayor and I'm super stoked to have her back in City Hall.

From this CBC Article:

Olivia Chow was elected Toronto's next mayor in an unexpectedly close race Monday, promising to bring a more progressive approach after more than a decade of conservative leadership at city hall. The former downtown Toronto NDP MP and city councillor bested a record field of 102 candidates that included about a half dozen established contenders. Among those rivals was second-place finisher Ana Bailão — a past deputy to former mayor John Tory, whose shock resignation in February triggered the byelection. Chow, who was born in Hong Kong and came to Toronto at age 13, will become the third woman and first racialized person to serve as mayor in the city's history. She steps into the top spot as it grapples with a massive budget shortfall, an affordability crisis and public safety concerns. "If you ever doubted what's possible together, if you ever questioned your faith in a better future and what we can do with each other, for each other, tonight is your answer," Chow said in her speech to a crowd of cheering supporters. "Thank you to the people of Toronto for the trust you've placed in me and the mandate for change as your new mayor." [...] Among her headline commitments is a pledge to get the city back into social housing development and an annual $100 million investment in a program to purchase affordable homes and transfer them to non-profits and land trusts. [...]

Chow campaigned from the left, promising to boost rent supplements by introducing a "luxury home tax," an expanded land transfer tax on homes sold for $3 million and over. She also said she'll triple the city's existing vacant homes tax to three per cent. Chow will inherit largely untested strong mayor powers, however she has repeatedly said she wouldn't use them to override "majority rule" in council. In theory they would allow Chow to pass budgets with just one-third council support, veto bylaws and unilaterally shape the city's top-level administration. She did not release a fully-costed platform, and repeatedly declined to say by how much she would need to raise property taxes to pay for her suite of commitments — a focal point of criticism from her main rivals throughout the campaign.

The last week of the campaign saw Ontario Premier Doug Ford all but formally endorsed Saunders, warning at an unrelated news conference that a Chow mayoralty would be an "unmitigated disaster" and that she would raise taxes at an "unprecedented rate." Saunders finished third with 8.4 per cent of the total vote share.   Ford's pointed attack raises questions about Chow's relationship with Queen's Park as the city faces a $1.5-billion budget hole that will almost certainly require provincial help to fill. In a statement Monday night, Ford struck a conciliatory tone, saying he will "work with anyone ready to work with our government to better our city and province.  "Throughout Olivia's life, she has proven her desire and dedication to serving the city that many of us call home. While we're not always going to agree on everything, what we can agree on is our shared commitment to making Toronto a place where businesses, families, and workers can thrive."

Chow has long been a fixture of Toronto politics. She became a school board trustee in 1985, served 12 years on city council representing Trinity-Spadina and eventually became a New Democrat parliamentarian alongside her late husband and former federal NDP leader Jack Layton. Some of her notable policy stances include supporting an anti-homophobia curriculum in the 1980s, helping bring nutrition programs to Toronto schools in the 1990s and fighting against exploitative immigration consultants in the 2000s. For much of the last decade, she has run the Institute for Change Leaders at Toronto Metropolitan University where she trained community organizers.

The city being in basic bankruptcy position that will require provincial bail-out support is going to be contentious because Doug Ford is a nasty piece of work and vindictive as fuck - especially against Toronto Mayors - so we will see what she'll be able to get out of him (if anything). The Federal level will be able to help some, but it's really a municipal-provincial issue.

[doctornerdington]

I just voted in what is apparently the biggest ballot in Canadian history. I didn't know about it in advance, and it was honestly pretty hilarious. Like, physically, it was the size of a newspaper page? And they had to fold it in a very specific and careful way. The poll workers were prettttty unimpressed.

[thesuburbanerd]

With a 26% voter turnout in a federal riding that usually goes Liberal, it wouldn’t be prudent to read too much into the results of last night’s by election in which the Liberals predictably held on to the seat.

So I’ll go ahead and speculate anyway.

It’s not great news for Pierre Poilievre. His Conservative Party candidate Ron Chhinzer, lost to Liberal Charles Sousa by 20 points. If there really was this much dissatisfaction with the government, the results would have been closer. That riding did go Conservative once in its history (2011 as part of Stephen Harper’s majority parliament) so there’s no reason it wouldn’t do so again.

Provincially, that area voted in the PCs this year so it’s not like it’s liberal across the board.

If Pierre Poilievre sees a path to a Conservative victory, it still doesn’t seem to go through the country’s largest suburbs.

[isfeed]

Voters head to the polls for byelections in Montreal and Winnipeg

Canadians in two federal ridings are choosing their next member of Parliament today, and political parties are closely watching the results. Source: CP24 Voters head to the polls for byelections in Montreal and Winnipeg

[novumtimes]

Trudeau announces Sept. 16 byelections in ridings in Quebec Manitoba

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has called a pair of byelections to fill vacant seats in Quebec and Manitoba. Voters will go to the polls in the Elmwood—Transcona riding in Manitoba and the Montreal-area riding of LaSalle—Émard—Verdun on Sept. 16. The Manitoba riding was held by the New Democratic Party until MP Daniel Blaikie resigned in March to go work for the office of the province’s Premier, Wab Kinew. Blaikie had held the federal seat since the 2015 election. The Quebec riding was held by former Liberal justice minister David Lametti, who resigned in January after being excluded from Trudeau’s cabinet during a shuffle the previous summer. The byelections will mark the first test for Trudeau’s Liberals since losing a June byelection in Toronto-St. Paul, a riding the Liberals had previously held for decades. Source link via The Novum Times

[qnewsau]

Bye bye: Ex-PM Scott Morrison is quitting politics

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Bye bye: Ex-PM Scott Morrison is quitting politics

Former Prime Minister Scott Morrison will quit politics in February after more than 16 years in the federal parliament.

Australia’s 30th Prime Minister confirmed on Tuesday he will “leave parliament at the end of February”.

Scott Morrison, a Pentecostal Christian, led the Coalition to a surprise election win in 2019 followed by a walloping defeat in 2022 after his popularity plunged.

On Tuesday, he said he’s off to “take on new challenges in the global corporate sector and spend more time with my family”.

“I am also looking forward to being more active in my church community, outside the constraints of public office,” he said.

It’s difficult to pick which controversies and scandals were most damaging to Scott Morrison’s legacy.

But just one month into the top job, Prime Minister Morrison was already targeting LGBTQIA+ Australians.

In 2018, he posted his infamous “gender whisperers” tweet criticising support for trans youth.

At that time he also claimed queer-inclusive sex ed in schools made his “skin curl”.

A few months later, he described state birth certificate reforms benefiting trans people as “ridiculous”.

Scott Morrison pushed for doomed religious discrimination bill

As PM, Scott Morrison also pushed for the parliament to pass his government’s doomed religious discrimination legislation.

But the government ultimately had to dump it when some of Morrison’s own MPs opposed the proposal over its concerning impacts on LGBTQIA+ Australians.

During the 2022 election campaign, Scott Morrison was accused of “dog-whistling to ultra-conservatives” by supporting anti-trans legislation.

Morrison refused to dump Katherine Deves, his hand-picked candidate for the Sydney seat of Warringah, despite a truly sickening catalogue of transphobia online.

Prime Minister @ScottMorrisonMP has slammed supports for gender diverse kids in schools describing it as “gender whispering”. We are appalled at his lack of knowledge or compassion. His comments harm the young people this affects. We strongly condemn the views he has expressed. https://t.co/Um9Teu7Ryn

— Transcend Australia (@transcend_aust) September 5, 2018

I am glad he’ll resign never having implemented his Religious Discrimination Bill, which would have unnecessarily divided the community, and increased discrimination against women, LGBTQ people, people with disability & people from minority faiths. #auspol https://t.co/qh39FZnhOj

— Alastair Lawrie (@alawriedejesus) January 23, 2024

Scott Morrison’s resignation will spark a byelection in his southern Sydney seat of Cook.

In May, he will release a memoir Plans for Your Good – A Prime Minister’s Testimony of God’s Faithfulness.

The book, with a foreword written by Mike Pence, will reportedly reveal how Morrison’s Christian faith influenced his politics.

Read also:

Scott Morrison: Australia’s Religious Freedom PM & Minister for Everything

Scott Morrison urges trust in God over government in sermon at Margaret Court’s church

Bulldozed: Scott Morrison’s nasty, duplicitous, nutty behaviour

Prime Minister Scott Morrison: from friendly fire to backfires

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[recentlyheardcom]

Bob Monette prepared as well as readied to run a 5th advocate a city board seat, however determined in June it was time to leave national politics after almost 13 years at Ottawa Town hall. Friday noted Monette’s last day at work as councillor for Orléans, a ward in the city’s eastern end where he has actually lived for the last 40 years. Prior to his time at town hall, Monette– birthed as well as increased in Ottawa– acted as a councillor in the previous Cumberland municipality from 1985 to 1991. After combinations, he was very first chosen to Ottawa Town hall in the 2006 Orléans byelection. Most just recently, he acted as among Ottawa’s replacement mayors as well as remained on the audit board, the financing as well as financial growth board as well as the transport board. Global Information took a seat with Monette on Nov. 28, prior to the last common council conference of the term. This meeting has actually been modified for size as well as quality. Q: Exactly how are you really feeling today, prior to your last common council conference? A: I imply it’s unique. I have actually had a lengthy profession in national politics, 19 years … every little thing involves an end. Today is mosting likely to be a bit nostalgic however I do not be sorry for the choice. It’s the best choice to move on. Q: Exactly how did combinations transform the nature of your task as a councillor? A: Oh, dramatically. Prior to combinations, it was a much more hands-on strategy. When I remained in Cumberland municipality, I did not have personnel, so essentially every little thing I did, I did on my very own. We had components concern your door as well as you manage the problems … they would certainly be calling you in your home. I had one constituency workplace for all the councillors, so it was really challenging. However it was a lot more hands-on as well as the personnel stayed in the area as well as understood the area. Q: Over the moment you’ve offered at Ottawa Town hall, what are you most pleased with? A: For city problems, I believe my participation with Lansdowne was something I will actually treasure. It was a really challenging data, you had individuals that were highly opposed to it as well as I constantly felt it was a best choice at the correct time. I went to all the general public conferences from one end of the city to the various other end, spoke up … I delight in with what we have today. An additional city data is the Ottawa River Activity Strategy. As you recognize, straight sewer entering into the rivers has actually been an issue for years. In Ottawa, what we had actually seen in the sewer, E. coli increased … to quantities … like something we had actually never ever seen. Individuals were speaking about: “Why exists raw sewer entering into our Ottawa River?” From that time, we have actually had government, rural as well as community federal governments placed in over $200 million to remedy that trouble. This is a tradition that you’re leaving your youngsters as well as you desire a tidy water supply for your youngsters. To ensure that’s something I’m really pleased with. Petrie Island … I imply when I initially began it was no solution, none at Petrie Island. We had the ability to obtain solutions brought right into Petrie Island, we had the ability to obtain a lifeguard center in addition to restrooms. We have celebrations currently– we never ever had celebrations in Orléans when I began in2006 It’s developing an identification as well as social advantages, financial advantages for our area. Q: What are some facets of the task that amazed you or were harder than you prepared for? A: I believe when I initially began, innovation was a lot various in 2006 than it remained in 1985, undoubtedly. In 1985, 1988, we really did not collaborate with computer systems … I believe innovation was a large one. I believe the administration was a whole lot harder to collaborate with as well as I was really effective collaborating with the administration however you constantly need to get rid of bureaucracy.

For a long period of time, it was very easy for personnel ahead in my workplace as well as claim: “No, you can not do this or you can not have this.” As well as I altered the state of mind on that particular. Any kind of personnel or anyone that pertained to my workplace, I would certainly inform them: “Do not inform me exactly how I can refrain from doing it, inform me exactly how I can do it as well as what are the repercussions of doing that.” By doing that, the administration as well as personnel were after that open up to involving the workplace with remedies. As well as when they inform me the repercussions, in some cases I would certainly claim: “Okay, I comprehend, we can not do it.” However the majority of times we had the ability to locate something various by assuming outside package. Q: What were the household factors to consider that motivated your choice to relinquish national politics? A: I had actually sent my name once more to run again. I believe it went to the factor … in April, I presume it was, we were down in Cuba, we had a journey me as well as my spouse. As well as on the last day, she informed me, she claims: “Why do not you load it in?” I had not been all set to load it in as well as she sustained that. However it was, I presume, a number of weeks right into May … 2 or 3 days straight I would certainly awaken in the center of the evening … it was around 3 in the early morning as well as I simply pertained to understand: “Why am I doing this? I have actually done every little thing I wish to do.” After that I awaited my spouse to awaken as well as discussed it to her as well as she was really helpful, undoubtedly. As well as after that, we determined to proceed. I do not be sorry for that choice. My household has actually sustained me every political election as well as they would certainly have sustained me if I would certainly’ve run, however they likewise sustained that it’s time to require time for the household. Q: So you seem like you’re leaving any kind of job incomplete? A: No, absolutely absolutely nothing incomplete. There are a number of data that are showing up (as well as) I met the inbound councillor. Public transportation transportation to Trim Roadway is mosting likely to be a really crucial declare our area. We have the financing in position, it requires to move on. The cannabis regulation, that’s mosting likely to be a large problem stepping forward. Exactly how will that influence children? Exactly how close will the stores be to institutions? Exactly how close will they be to entertainment facilities? Q: You have actually discussed that you still prepare to stay proactively associated with the Orléans area. Are you able to claim exactly how you prepare to do that? A: No, not yet, since I do not recognize! What I wish to do today is take 2, 3 months off … household time type of point. Simply reduce … you recognize, rise every 2nd Wednesday of the month as well as watch council on TELEVISION, that will certainly be my leisure activity. However no, I wish to invest even more time with my household as well as take place a journey or more. And afterwards, what I have actually stated is I would certainly be open to various chances. Whether that’s part-time or … board job, I would certainly be open to that. More: NASCAR Cup Series 2018: Kevin Harvick uses bump to beat Kyle Busch in New Hampshire

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

"Pouliot in Objections," Brantford Expositor. December 1, 1942. Page 4. ---- Resents Publicity for Open Court-Martial at Quebec --- LA MALBAIE, Que., Dec. 1 - (CP) - Jean Francois Pouliot, Liberal member of Parliament for Temiscouata, protested at a by-election meeting here Saturday night to "publicity" given to a general court-martial trying nine army men at Quebec on charges arising from irregularities in medical examinations. Speaking in support of Frederick Dorion, Quebec lawyer elected as an Independent in Monday's Charlevoix-Saguenay Federal byelection Mr. Pouliot said: "I denounce with all my strength the publicity given these trials. We do not act like that in the other provinces, where sittings of the court martial are held in camera. "I blame the Ralston (Defense Minister Ralston) who permitted the overflowing of that dirty water over the Province of Quebec .... to French-Canadians." (At a press conference preceding the court-martial, Brig. Georges P .Vanier, Officer Commanding M.D. 5 at Quebec, told newsmen: "The public seems to be of the opinion that an open court-martial is some- thing extraordinary. We want to correct the opinion that we want to publicize this case. In most other open court-martials here the public was not interested.")

[allthecanadianpolitics]

Good news!

NDP won 1 of the byelections tonight.

[thegnmsolution]

Bernier says he will run to fill former CPC MP Candice Bergen’s Manitoba seat

Bernier says he will run to fill former CPC MP Candice Bergen’s Manitoba seat By Cosmin Dzsurdzsa - May 12, 2023 People’s Party of Canada leader Maxime Bernier will compete for a federal seat in rural Manitoba in a forthcoming byelection. Bernier will be running to replace former Conservative Party interim leader and Portage–Lisgar MP Candice Bergen who announced she was leaving political life. In an announcement, Bernier pitted himself as the main opponent to the Conservatives – his former political home. “I’m proud to announce that I’m putting my name forward in the upcoming byelection in your riding,” Bernier told supporters. “I’m ready to be your representative in the House of Commons, because we know that families deserve a strong voice and I’m ready to be that strong voice for you and for the country.” According to Bernier, the byelection results will be a “major turning point” for Canada. Although the byelection has yet to be called by the Prime Minister, the Conservatives nominated candidate Branden Leslie to run in the riding. In the 2021 federal election, PPC candidate Solomon Wiebe came second to Bergen with 21.58% of the vote – among the best results the party has seen running federally. According to the latest poll , the PPC is currently sitting at 2% of the federal vote. During his speech, Bernier blasted the “woke cult” that is tearing down the traditional foundations of Canadian society. “The woke cult is tearing down the traditional pillars of our society and seeking to establish a twisted and deeply sick vision of the future,” said Bernier. “It is not the People’s Party that divides the Conservative vote, on the contrary, it is the Conservatives who move ever more to the left to divide the Liberal vote.” Author * Cosmin Dzsurdzsa Cosmin Dzsurdzsa Journalist and Senior Research Fellow

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[yeonchi]

There were a couple of elections in Australia in the past couple of weeks, namely the New South Wales state election and the byelection for the federal electorate of Aston in Victoria. Needless to say (for some reason), Labor won both elections and took power in those areas after some years of being held by the Liberal Party. With regards to the NSW state election, Chris Minns becoming Premier means that all mainland states have Labor state governments on top of a Labor federal government.

You know, the weirdest thing about this result is that this is something that I would have celebrated 10 years ago (when Tony Abbott became Prime Minister after Kevin Rudd's defeat in the 2013 federal election). However, after having been through six lockdowns and seeing the people being affected by vaccine mandates and injuries on social media, I've started to lose my trust in the Labor Party (my trust for Daniel Andrews began dropping since the 2018 state election) and although there is cause for concern where this is concerned, I ultimately don't think about it too much because life moves on.

This result has shown (sadly) that the Liberal Party has gradually become more and more pathetic over the past decade, at both the state and federal levels. The Liberal Party were meant to be a centre-right/conservative party but they have drifted left over the years, to the point that they're essentially trying to become Labor with the backing of big business and corporations, not to mention their failure to stand up for freedom over the events of the past three years. Combined with other factors, the Liberal Party has shown to their electoral base that they went woke and got broke. Let's not get into the topic of unions either; before the pandemic I thought they were a good thing but as they went on I realised that unions are a joke, to say the least.

One thing I will give credit to Dominic Perrottet for is that his government lifted restrictions for the unvaccinated earlier than in Victoria and gave a clear announcement on it, whereas we heard a lot of vague things until a couple of days before restrictions were lifted (4 months after NSW). Yes, Daniel Andrews may have been playing it safe but this comes after the endless attacks on unvaccinated people and people against vaccine mandates who have been unfairly labelled as anti-vaxxers. In addition, Perrottet apparently called for an end to vaccine mandates so I do have some respect for him, but this is coming from a government that brought us Koala Killer and the Bruz saga, two things that came about before I started losing my respect for the Labor Party.

Anyway, my final thoughts on this is that if the Liberal/National Coalition want a chance at the next election, they need to win back their conservative base, which may possibly mean having to work with the United Australia Party and One Nation, something that I don't see happening anytime soon. Either that or more people wake up and vote for minor parties and independents, anything to rebalance this two-party system of ours.

Admittedly, it may take years until I regain my trust for the Labor Party again, but that's being optimistic. Until then, I hope high school kids in NSW enjoy their mobile phone ban at school, I'll be counting down the days until woke sycophants decide what's important for the methheads in the outback.

[isaacathom]

my electorate just swapped in a byelection and like, a) unprecedented b) ive literally never been represented by the labor party at a federal level so this will be something different!

[college-girl199328]

Ford said he is staying out of the race to replace former mayor John Tory but addressed it Tuesday when asked about violence in Toronto's transit system.

He said there needs to be a three-pronged approach to address the issue: mental health support, more police, and federal bail reform. On the first two points, Ford did not indicate that funding would be coming from the province to either help Toronto hire more officers or boost his government's 10-year, $3.8-billion mental health strategy.

Ford did, however, have advice for voters in Toronto's mayoral byelection in June. "Everyone and their cousin, their brother, their uncle, and their aunt are running to be mayor of Toronto, but there are only maybe one or two people that I think could actually run the city," Ford said, without naming names, at an unrelated press conference in Mississauga, Ont.

"We're seeing stabbings in the subway, car thefts coming out of our enough. We've got to put more money into policing candidates running for voted to defund the police. The people that voted for a defunding vote for them, simple as that. We can't have anarchy in our cities."

Former police chief Mark Saunders, who also unsuccessfully ran for Ford's Progressive Conservatives in last year's provincial election, has said he is running to be mayor.

Gabriel Magalhaes, 16, was sitting on a bench at a Toronto subway station Saturday night when he was approached and fatally stabbed in an apparently unprovoked attack, police have said. Jordan O'Brien-Tobin, 22, of no fixed facing one count of first-degree murder.

Court documents from Newfoundland and Labrador provincial court show a man with O'Brien-Tobin's name and date of birth is wanted on an outstanding warrant for breaching probation conditions.

Magalhaes' mother has said in media interviews that she wants to see more mental health and social support. Ford said Tuesday he with her comments and cited the money his government is already spending on mental health.

"My heart breaks for them," he said. "I will call their family this afternoon … and we'll do everything we possibly can to (this) senseless murder never happens again."

Ford also said there should be full-time police officers in the Toronto Transit Commission. Toronto police put more than 80 officers working overtime on patrol in the TTC in late January in response to a spate of violence in the system but ended those shifts two weeks ago. Police said they were returning to deploying on-duty officers on the TTC for regular, proactive patrols.

NDP Leader Marit Stiles said as a mother whose now-grown children took the subway to school, she is heartbroken by the tragedy. "I would love the premier to actually listen to that mother because that is what the people of this city are saying," she said Tuesday at the legislature.

"They're saying, 'You've put the cops in there and solved the problem.' The solution is to address the root cause. We have a homelessness crisis. We have a mental health and addiction crisis in this city. I want him to put the resources into supporting those folks so the mother could stand up and speak about what needs to happen."