Prime Minister Mark Carney has called byelections in the Toronto ridings of University-Rosedale and Scarborough Southwest and the Quebec riding of Terrebonne — races the Liberals will want to win to secure a thin majority government. Former Ontario NDP deputy leader Doly Begum will run in Scarborough Southwest in a shocking defection. She ran in the riding during the 2025 federal election and lost to Freeland. Fatima Shaban, the NDP's candidate for Scarborough Southwest, also ran for the party in the 2025 federal election and lost to Blair. The Green Party will run Pooja Malhotra in Scarborough Southwest, Benjamin Rankin in Terrebonne and Andrew Massey in University-Rosedale.

Source: CBC News March 08, 2026 15:41 UTC