OTTAWA — A pair of byelections on Monday are poised to serve as a referendum on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau — and his chief opposition leaders.
One will see the Liberals fighting to spare a Montreal fortress from the fate that befell Toronto—St. Paul’s: a surprise byelection loss in a longtime stronghold.
In LaSalle—Émard—Verdun, Trudeau’s embattled party is fending off strong campaigns from the New Democrats and the Bloc Québécois in a race that will test whether voters will turn to the NDP’s Jagmeet Singh following his achievements under his now-lapsed alliance with the minority Liberals.
