Dr. Brendan Hanley announced last Tuesday he was taking an immediate leave as the territory's chief medical officer of health to run in the federal election. Northwest TerritoriesKelvin Kotchilea is the NDP candidate in the Northwest Territories. yet, and neither has the Green Party. The Conservatives, the Liberals and the Green Party have not yet named candidates in Nunavut. The federal election is the seventh major election campaign launched in Canada since the start of the pandemic, following races in Yukon, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador, Saskatchewan, British Columbia and New Brunswick.

Source: CBC News August 15, 2021 21:11 UTC