Opposition leaders unite to pressure Trudeau to call byelections

OTTAWA — Opposition party leaders have joined forces to pressure Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to call byelections in all four vacant federal ridings.

Four leaders — the Conservatives’ Andrew Scheer, New Democrats’ Jagmeet Singh, Greens’ Elizabeth May and the Bloc Quebecois’ Mario Beaulieu have sent a joint letter to Trudeau decrying his decision to call a byelection in just one of the four ridings.

They say his decision denies representation for more than 330,000 Canadians in the British Columbia riding of Burnaby South — where Singh plans to run — the Montreal riding of Outremont and York-Simcoe in Ontario.

They call on Trudeau to do what’s best for constituents in those ridings and immediately call byelections.