The by-election in York Centre is as a result of the resignation of Michael Levitt, a Liberal first elected in 2015. Reading the byelection tea leaves: Don’t do it. Reporters will get the first crack at cross-examining him over the results later this morning, when he’s set to make one of his semi-regularly scheduled appearances on the COVID-19 briefing circuit alongside Deputy Chief Public Health Officer Howard Njoo, with Social Development Minister (and Toronto-area MP) Ahmed Hussen also scheduled to attend.”. Don Martin, the former host of CTV News Channel's Power Play posts his take on the federal politics issues of the day. Except, of course, everyone is going to do it. Under Julius Tiangson, a businessman and activist in the riding's sizeable Filipino community, the Conservative share of the vote rose five points to almost 42 per cent. Kady O’Malley has the day ahead in politics at iPolitics AM: “Prime Minister Justin Trudeau should be bracing for a flurry of pointed questions about his party’s lacklustre performance at the polls. 8727 Viewed. Saks was unavailable for comment after the results were announced by Elections Canada. A voter walks past a sign directing voters to a polling station for the Canadian federal election in Cremona, Alta., on Oct. 19, 2015. The Sprout: COVID-19 outbreak temporarily idles Cargill beef plant, CRA call agents were given wrong info on CERB eligibility, union head says, The Drilldown: Trans Mountain suspends pipeline construction until new year, Morning Brief: Don’t worry about CERB repayments. rename six of its cute monster creatures. (THE CANADIAN PRESS / Jeff McIntosh). By Zi-Ann Lum CP/Adrian Wyld Prime Minister Justin Trudeau responds to a question during a news conference on Oct. 9, 2020 … Listen and subscribe to get a daily fix on the latest political news and issues. "These results in two of the safest Liberal seats in the country show Canadians are losing faith in Justin Trudeau," Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole tweeted. 2. In Toronto Centre, Liberal Party candidate Marci Ien, a journalist, won with 42 per cent of the vote, against 32.7 per cent for Annamie Paul, Green Party candidate and leader. Former broadcast journalist and federal Liberal candidate Marci Ien won the Toronto Centre by-election Monday, Oct. 26, 2020. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 26, 2020. Violent protests have broken out across Italy over the country’s anti-virus measures. They also hung on to York Centre, after a nerve-racking few hours in which the lead alternated repeatedly between the Liberals and the Conservatives before Ya'ara Saks finally pulled ahead by just over 700 votes. On Monday, Ien took 42 per cent of the Toronto Centre vote -- a precipitous 15-point drop from the result garnered last fall by former finance minister Bill Morneau, who resigned abruptly in August amid reports of tensions with Trudeau over massive spending on pandemic relief measures and the fallout from the WE Charity affair. (Twitter photo). Council directed the City Clerk to fill the vacancy of Councillor Ward 22 Scarborough-Agincourt with a by-election. Voters in two Toronto ridings will head to the polls next month to choose a new MP. “Joe Biden called me George yesterday,” Trump tweeted. Information is available on the 2021 By-election pages. A check-in on the public mood of Canadians with hosts Michael Stittle and Nik Nanos. Here’s where Toronto Centre by-election candidates stand on student-related issues. New Mainstreet/iPolitics poll: The Liberals are holding a two-point lead over the Conservatives nationally (LPC 35.8 / CPC 34 / NDP 15 / GPC 5). Nov 2, 2020 ‘We’re looking to gain seats’: fresh off byelection loss, Greens’ Paul, who boosted her vote share by 25 per cent in Toronto Centre, remains confident of party’s reach Nov 2, 2020 ‘Choose your poison’ is Trudeau’s dilemma if he wants to decide timing of next election, say pollsters Canada's Most Trusted News. Engage in respectful discussions on the U.S. election on our dedicated Facebook page, Use of this Website assumes acceptance of Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy, Published Monday, October 26, 2020 9:10AM EDT, Last Updated Tuesday, October 27, 2020 1:06AM EDT, Stream CTV News Channel for breaking news updates, Capital Dispatch: Stay up to date on the latest news from Parliament Hill. The NDP dropped four points in York Centre to less than six per cent of the vote, while the Greens dropped almost one point to 2.6 per cent. Liberal Leader Andrew Wilkinson is stepping down as party leader after dismal election results. Paul, meanwhile, soared to a close second with almost 33 per cent of the vote -- more than quadrupling the meagre seven per cent she won in Toronto Centre during the general election. Elsewhere: China’s political leaders are meeting behind closed doors to hammer out the next five years of economic growth plans. It turned into a cage match between the Liberals and Conservatives again Monday. The fighting now turns to who gets to chair a special committee, should one be forged to study the pandemic. Toronto Centre (French: Toronto-Centre) is a federal electoral district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1872 to 1925, and since 1935, under the names Centre Toronto (1872–1903), Toronto Centre (1903–1925, and since 2004), Rosedale (1935–1997), and Toronto Centre—Rosedale (1997–2004). The results were surprisingly close for two ridings that had been considered longtime Liberal strongholds. Pandemic elections: Does U.S. example offer Canada a playbook? York Centre was left vacant last month by Liberal MP Michael Levitt's resignation to become CEO of the Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies. Canada’s construction industry is full of innovation and opportunity. At the “I will Vote Concert,” Biden said: “Four more years of George uh … George, going to find ourselves in a position if Trump gets elected, we are going to be in a different world.” To many, it looked like a damaging gaffe. York Centre By-Election. Voters in Canada’s largest city elected two new Liberal Members of Parliament on Oct. 26, replacing former finance minister Bill Morneau in Toronto Centre and former Liberal MP Michael Levitt in York Centre. By Andrew Thomson | Updated October 27, 2020 10:10amET On Friday, Green Party Leader Annamie Paul, who is running in the Toronto Centre by-election, called for that race and another in York Centre to be postponed. Learn more. ... 2020 Toronto Centre byelection: Major candidates say they have personal connection to riding The Sask Party sailed into its fourth straight majority, handily defeating the opposition NDP. Pokemon is the latest victim: It had to rename six of its cute monster creatures. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced both by-elections on Friday September 18, along with Liberal candidates for each riding. The GOP has taken this to mean he forgot Trump’s name and was referring to George W. Bush, which syncs with Trump’s line of a attack over his age and whether he is mentally fit to be in office. If you'll be away during advanced polls or on election day, which is on October 26, you can vote by mail or in person at an Election Canada office. Enjoy the day! 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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced byelections for Toronto Centre — … The Greens made historic gains in last night’s byelection as Toronto Centre has historically been a Liberal stronghold. The New York Times writes that Trump followed that up with a historic first, grabbing more attention and bringing the focus back to him: “He hosted a nighttime ceremony on the White House lawn to swear in Justice Amy Coney Barrett in a virtual do-over of the super-spreader event blamed for infecting multiple people with the coronavirus a month ago to the day, including the president himself, who was forced to spend three nights in the hospital.”. And Melbourne has lifted its lockdown after two months. Download the CTV News app now. Listen and subscribe to get a weekly update with the newsmakers who matter. The federal Liberals saw their share of the vote drop in two Toronto byelections Monday, a humbling result for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the first electoral test of his government's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Elections Canada, the earliest date that the Toronto Centre byelection can be held is Monday, Oct. 12, 2020. Voter turnout was higher than average for byelections: 25.6 per cent in York Centre and 30.9 per cent in Toronto Centre. iPolitics publishes content everyday, throughout the day. INCREDIBLY strong showing by Green Party of Canada leader Annamie Paul in what was supposed to be a "safe" Liberal riding that Morneau won with 57.4% via @ElectionsCan_E #cdnpoli #TorontoCentre cc @CanadianGreens @AnnamiePaul pic.twitter.com/Gy26bNdiWR More Videos. That’s how much the Canadian Medical Association says is needed in extra funding to remedy delayed surgeries and diagnostic tests, which were put off in the fist six months of this year after they were considered to be non-essential during the pandemic. Voter turnout was higher than average for byelections: 25.6 per cent in York Centre and 30.9 per cent in Toronto Centre. Liberal candidate Ya’ara Saks took the York Centre seat in a nail-biter, narrowly beating Conservative candidate Julius Tiangson by 3.9 points (45.7 per cent vs. 41.8 per cent of the vote). Anchors aweigh: Trudeau says his government won’t set a fiscal anchor until Canada has sailed clear of the pandemic, causing critics and experts to say this creates a greater need for more transparency of the government’s pandemic spending. October 26, 2020 . “Couldn’t remember my name. The Liberals made a clean sweep in two byelections last night, and although they did worse than in 2019, they held onto their stronghold ridings. Meanwhile, the ethics committee has (accidentally?) She is not perceived as someone on the left wing of the party. Canada election results: Toronto Centre. Former finance minister Bill Morneau resigned as Toronto Centre’s MP this past August, and Liberal Michael Levitt stepped down as the MP for York Centre in September, which required the calling of byelections in those two ridings.. Voting in two federal byelections is underway in Toronto Centre and York Centre. Ontario voters in two electoral ridings will head to the polls on Oct. 26, as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has officially called the byelections for Toronto Centre and York Centre. Both are scheduled for Oct. 26. October 26, 2020 With 41.7% of polls reporting in Toronto Centre. Liberals Ya'ara Saks and Marci Ien won the byelections in Toronto ridings. Election day is Monday, October 26, 2020.Advanced polling days are Friday, October 16, 2020 to Monday, October 19, 2020.Elections Canada Office:Address: 1117 Finch Avenue West, Toronto, ON M3J 2P7Phone number: 1-866-715-1553For more information for voters about key election topics, please click HERE.For a list of candidate, please click HERE.To register and vote in the current… Suze Morrison won over 50% in 2018. Toronto Centre has exactly the same boundaries for both provincial and federal elections. Top 10 GTA Ridings to Watch results King-Vaughan Result: Liberal Deborah Shulte has been re-elected. Numbers released by Elections Canada last week showed that just 7,960 people voted in advance polls in Toronto Centre. Incumbent: […] The headline everyone is going with: “Four Moe Years.” No third party was able to gain a seat. 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CTV News official pollster Nik Nanos gives you the latest political, business and social trends. The York Centre byelection must be called before March 1, 2021 — six months after Levitt’s last day. In Campus News, News, Student Politics October 24, 2020 Leave a Comment. Meanwhile another poll by Leger suggests most Canadians don’t want another election until 2023. Maxime Bernier performed poorly in the race, landing a distant fourth with 3.6 per cent of the vote, likely raising questions over whether he spoiled the Conservatives’ chances (…probably not). This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 26, 2020. The Washington Post’s fact check says Biden was not talking about Bush. CANELECTGEN 005/20, message on the official list of candidates running on the Federal By-Election in the Fed Electoral District of Toronto-Centre (Ontario) and York-Centre (Ontario) that will occur on 24 October 2020. Paul had urged Trudeau to postpone the byelections, arguing that it was unsafe to send voters to the polls in the midst of the second wave of the deadly coronavirus. OTTAWA – The Green Party of Canada congratulates Leader Annamie Paul and her campaign team on running an extraordinary campaign in the Toronto-Centre by-election, despite the challenges of campaigning during a pandemic. Here are your new MPs for Toronto and the GTA, including the results from the top 10 GTA ridings to watch that were expected to be close races. Mail-in Voting is now available as a safe and secure option to in-person voting for the Councillor Ward 22 […] John Kirton: Disappointing Results from the G20 Health Ministers' Meeting, April 19, 2020 Julia Tops and Angela Min Yi Hou: T20 Recommendations Realized – 2019 Osaka Summit. The York Centre race would likely have been even more of a squeaker had it not been for the presence of one-time Conservative leadership runner-up Maxime Bernier, who ran in the riding for his breakaway Peoples Party of Canada. The Toronto-Centre byelection was called much earlier Monday, taken by Liberal candidate and former CTV personality Marci Ien, who beat Green Party Leader Annamie Paul. Toronto voters will go to the polls in two byelections on Oct. 26. Average wait times for common procedures shot up by one to two months. Photo by Caroline Phillips / Postmedia Network / Files October By-Elections: Toronto Centre and York Centre. Numbers released by Elections Canada last week showed that just 7,960 people voted in advance polls in Toronto Centre. Timing preferences fall along partisan lines. Although long considered one of the safest Liberal seats in the country, York Centre fell to the Conservatives in 2011 before Levitt wrested it back in 2015. Meanwhile, B.C. 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Trudeau rejected changing the schedule, saying that the by-elections have to be held within a certain time period of the seats becomin… This is the first time the Green party made significant strides in the riding. China also plans to level sanctions against Boeing and Lockheed Martin over arms sales to Taiwan. In the end, Saks, a Jewish activist and businesswoman, took almost 46 per cent of the vote for the Liberals, a drop of about four points from Levitt's share. CNIB Foundation wants to make sure all electors are ready to cast their ballots in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The results are in and the 2019 federal election is over. Two federal byelections are scheduled in Toronto for Oct. 26. ( Is there a latent draft James Moore campaign in the making? The Liberals, in fact, bled their vote share in every region. Voter turnout was higher than average for byelections: 25.6 per cent in York Centre and 30.9 per cent in Toronto Centre. You can also do this method if you don't feel safe going out to polling stations. OTTAWA -- Of the 2020 Canadian federal by-elections, this is the more competitive, but will it be competitive? Stay on top of what's happening on the Hill with Rachel Aiello's updates on the minority Parliament when it's in session. But the Dems are saying Biden was actually referring to George Lopez, the event interviewer. © Copyright 2020 iPolitics. dropped its bid to get ahold of all records related to speaking engagements by the PM and his wife dating back to 2008. Liberal candidate Marci Ien campaigns in a Toronto Centre byelection. The party only secured 7.1 per cent of the vote in the 2019 general election. We have created this guide to provide information on how to vote, where to vote, and what public health measures you can expect on Election Day. Trump’s son-in-law said they have to “want” to succeed before they can. Got some help from the anchor to get him through the interview. By Staff Global News Posted September 22, 2019 10:30 pm . All Rights Reserved. Catching up on the committee drama — The Commons has passed a motion to start up a health-committee inquiry into that very spending, despite some recent sudden opposition. The Toronto-Centre byelection was called much earlier Monday. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 26, 2020. Let’s help more Canadians discover a rewarding career. READ MORE: York Centre byelection a … The Liberals ultimately hung on to Toronto Centre, where broadcaster Marci Ien fended off a strong showing by newly minted Green party leader Annamie Paul. For the Toronto by-election in 2020, people in both York Centre and Toronto Centre are heading to the polls but the deadline to vote by mail is fast approaching. Voter turnout was higher than average for byelections: 25.6 per cent in York Centre and 30.9 per cent in Toronto Centre. Annamie Paul, the newly elected leader of the Green Party and Green candidate for Toronto Centre, called on the government to delay the by-elections, citing increased restrictions on movement and activity in Toronto in light of rising cases of COVID-19. During last fall’s general election, the Liberals took Toronto Centre with just over 57 per cent of the vote. There is a federal byelection underway in the ridings of Toronto Centre and York Centre Advanced voting takes place between Oct. 16 and 19th Election Day is Oct. 26th. That may have lost your vote if you lived here but it did not deter a majority of the riding from voting for her. That compares to more than 13,000 who made use of advanced polls in … It’s a line that sounds vaguely familiar. Election Day results in Toronto Phil Tsekouras CTV News Toronto Published Monday, October 21, 2019 10:26PM EDT Last Updated Tuesday, October 22, 2019 1:18AM EDT ), U.S. President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court pick, Amy Coney Barrett, has been sworn in, handing Trump a major political win just a week before election day, and shifting the top court‘s political leanings to the right — the furthest to the right it’s been in generations. The by-election will be held on Friday, January 15, 2021. The Fake News Cartel is working overtime to cover it up!”. Is Joe Biden living in the past? ... PM Trudeau reflects on 2020 and year ahead. $1.3 billion. The NDP dropped four points in York Centre to less than six per cent of the vote, while the Greens dropped almost one point to 2.6 per cent. Here’s Susan Delacourt’s take: “Monday’s byelection results, though more tightly fought, taken with provincial elections in New Brunswick, British Columbia and Saskatchewan, would seem to indicate that voters prefer to stay with the leadership they know during this crazy year.”. Today’s Morning Brief is brought to you by Talent Fits Here™, a campaign created by the Canadian Construction Association. Jared Kushner is, meanwhile, taking heat for his racist remarks about Black Americans. He captured a little more than 600 votes, less than four per cent, most of it likely drawn away from his former party. That compares to more than 13,000 who made use of advanced polls in … Pro-choice protesters blocked roads across Poland in ongoing mass protests against a court ban on abortion. Sign up for our weekly email newsletter delving into climate science and life on a changing planet. The Toronto-Centre and York-Centre federal by-elections will be held on October 26, 2020. 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