Ottawa bureau chief Stuart Thomson talks to Quebec correspondent Antoine Trépanier about the humbling Liberal defeat in a Montreal byelection on Monday.
Bloc Québécois candidate Louis-Philippe Sauvé won the byelection in LaSalle—Émard—Verdun by more than 200 votes over the Liberals’ Laura Palestini.
After losing the June byelection in their formerly safe seat of Toronto—St. Paul’s, the Liberals were looking to save this Montreal stronghold once held by a former attorney general and a former prime minister.
“We need people to be more engaged. We need people to understand what’s at stake in this upcoming election. Obviously, it would have been nicer to be able to — to win and hold Verdun — but there is more work to do and we’re going to stay focused on doing it,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said before his cabinet met Tuesday morning.
National Post
Get more deep-dive National Post political coverage and analysis in your inbox with the Political Hack newsletter, where Ottawa bureau chief Stuart Thomson and political analyst Tasha Kheiriddin get at what’s really going on behind the scenes on Parliament Hill every Wednesday and Friday, exclusively for subscribers. Sign up here.
Our website is the place for the latest breaking news, exclusive scoops, longreads and provocative commentary. Please bookmark nationalpost.com and sign up for our daily newsletter, Posted, here.