Conventional wisdom suggests by-elections are a consequence-free way for voters to send a message to the governing party that they are unhappy. But the results of a contest later this month in the riding of Toronto—St. Paul’s may prove quite consequential.
If the Liberals do not win this riding on June 24, and it looks increasingly like that’s a possibility, there will be immense pressure on Justin Trudeau to resign as their leader immediately — “within days,” a well-known Liberal suggested to me over the weekend.
It’s been a pretty safe Liberal seat for years and years so I do not think we’ll see a CPC victory.
And let’s face it this is Toronto. No other city votes as stupid.
If as I expect Freeland’s ex-aide wins then the victory will be hailed as the electorate’s endorsement of Trudeau’s corrupt regime.
