TRUDEAU SETS DATE FOR VOTE IN OTTAWA-VANIER

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has set April 3 as the date for a byelection in the Ottawa riding left vacant by the death of Mauril Belanger. Belanger held the long-standing Liberal seat of Ottawa-Vanier for more than 20 years before his death in August 2016, months after being diagnosed with ALS. The byelection is the first of five that will happen this year. Trudeau has until the end of the month to set a byelection date in Calgary Heritage, which was former prime minister Stephen Harper’s riding until his retirement last year.