Liberal Leader Mark Carney confirmed he will run for a seat in Nepean, a riding in Ottawa, the night before visiting Gov. Gen. Mary Simon on March 23 seeking dissolution of Parliament and triggering a snap election for April 28.
Nepean was previously held by Chandra Arya, who was disqualified from the Liberal leadership race and most recently from running as a candidate in the riding.
Carney made the announcement late Saturday evening, March 22, hours after the Liberal Party posted on social media saying it was “thrilled” that their leader would be the candidate for Nepean in the next election.
“I’m honoured to be running in the community of Nepean to serve as your Member of Parliament,” Carney said on X. “This next election will be one of the most consequential in our lifetimes.”…