Just saw this come over the newswire as well as in an email from a high-ranking Liberal that the byelections in Guelph, Westmount and St Lambert are set for Sept 8th.
Guelph will be of particular interest to me, since I went to University there and lived there for a good stretch, and because I was involved in the Liberal nomination race there from a distance. It will be interesting to hear the local Conservatives explain how Brent Barr wasn’t apparently a good enough candidate for the national Conservatives, who removed the democratically elected candidate by the local riding association in a coup-d’etat in order to install Gloria Kovachs in there, who they had preferred from the outset. Apparently, they think she gives them a better chance of winning that riding, but we shall see.
They don’t respect the democratic nature of the nomination process, they are now running deficits http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/467383
And what’s more, Flaherty told people not to invest in Ontario, which no doubt cost Guelph jobs.
This seat will stay Liberal.