The group that has flooded federal election ballots with candidates to run as a protest is now targeting the byelection in the Terrebonne riding in Quebec next month.
The Longest Ballot Committee, an activist group seeking electoral reform, said it is currently collecting signatures for candidates to run in the upcoming Terrebonne byelection. Prospective candidates have until March 23 to submit their paperwork.
Tomas Szuchewycz, an organizer with the group, has said that MPs should not be able to write election rules, calling it a conflict of interest, and that an independent, non-partisan body should oversee election law instead.
The Terrebonne riding byelection is one of three byelections Prime Minister Mark Carney has called to be held on April 13. If the Liberals win seats in all three ridings, it would bring the party’s seat count in the House of Commons to 173, which is one seat more than the minimum to form a majority government….