PM Carney schedules three federal byelections for Aug 31

Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced three federal byelections to be held on August 31, setting the stage for contests in British Columbia, Ontario, and Quebec that will test the government's slim parliamentary majority. The votes will fill vacancies in the ridings of North Vancouver-Capilano, Beaches-East York, and Chicoutimi-Le Fjord.

The North Vancouver-Capilano seat was held by longtime Liberal MP and former cabinet minister Jonathan Wilkinson, who stepped down last month after being appointed Canada's Ambassador to the European Union. The Liberal candidate is Braeden Caley, who recently left his role as deputy chief of staff in the Prime Minister's Office to seek the nomination. He will face Conservative candidate Stephen Curran, a business lawyer who ran against Wilkinson in the 2025 general election, and Green Party candidate Shelley Luce, an environmental scientist.

In Toronto's Beaches-East York, the vacancy was created by the resignation of Liberal MP Nate Erskine-Smith, who had held the seat since 2015. Erskine-Smith formally resigned earlier this month after failing to secure a provincial Liberal nomination. The Liberal Party has confirmed Tanveer Shahnawaz as...