Voters will hit the polls on Monday in NDG-Westmount federal by-election – Montreal | 24CA News

It’s been nearly two months of knocking on doorways and speaking to residents, however candidates within the federal driving of Notre-Dame-de-Grace -Westmount will  know their destiny on Monday.

Voters have a number of selections, since Liberal cupboard minister Marc Garneau stepped down after 15 years in politics. Candidates are hoping to capitalize on what they name ‘Liberal fatigue’.

“The Liberals have been in power forever and that’s when I put two plus two together and thought ‘Pk, I’m going to try.’,” stated NDP candidate Jean-Francois Fillion. Fillion is a highschool English instructor and is hoping to make NDG extra inexpensive.

“We need more affordable housing. The market right now is unreachable,” he stated.

Anna Gainey, former Liberal Party of Canada president leads the polls. She is hoping voters follow Liberal values and stated inexpensive housing and local weather change are main issues.

“I will joining government and be a strong voice for this community in government and continue to work on those priorities as a part of that team,” stated Gainey alongside Prime Minister Justin Trudeau throughout a press convention on Friday.

An accountant by commerce, Conservative candidate Mathew Kaminski stated he’s a fiscal conservative however not a social conservative and stated his celebration shares lots of the identical end-goals as the opposite events.

“We just have a different way of getting there, it’s fiscally responsible one, a common sense approach,” stated Kaminski.

The Green Party is betting on their deputy chief Jonathan Pedneault. He says the Liberal monitor document on defending the surroundings could be very poor.

“They made important promises that they didn’t follow through with,” stated Pedneault.

He, together with the NDP and Conservative candidates can be promising to stay up for anglophone rights with reference to Bill C-13, the Liberal’s overhaul of the Official Languages Act.

“I think we have to have serious constitutional discussions in this country right now,” stated Pedneault.

Voters within the space have persistently elected Liberal candidates for the reason that 1990’s -but that would change on Monday.

The polls will likely be open from 9:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.