That includes Burnaby South, B.C, where NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is running.
After banding together with other opposition leaders to push the prime minister to hold a byelection in Burnaby South, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, who’s running for his party in the riding, will get his wish in February, according to a government source. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to call three byelections—including a highly anticipated contest in Burnaby South, B.C.—in early January for the following month, The Hill Times has learned.
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