Trudeau calls by-elections for late october

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has called two by-elections less than a day after the Liberals named their candidates in each of the Toronto ridings. A short notice from the Prime minister’s Office says the votes in york Centre and Toronto Centre will take place Oct. 26. The Liberals hope hold the seats left vacant by the resignations of two government mps. The party named CTV broadcaster marci Ien as its candidate in Toronto Centre, which was held by bill morneau before his sudden resignation as finance minister and mp in August. Ien announced her candidacy in a series of tweets on Thursday, only to be declared the party’s standard-bearer by the end of day. The Liberals gave the same treatment to ya’ara Saks in york Centre, a seat left vacant by the resignation of mp michael Leavitt at the beginning of September.