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There are now 174 members on the government benches after five MPs defected to the Liberals over the last six months.

Voters in the federal riding of University—Rosedale will get the chance to pick a fresh face as their member of Parliament in Monday’s byelection.

The win in the byelections brings the number of Liberals MPs to 174, which should allow the Carney Liberals to pass legislation without support from opposition parties.

Five MPs have switched political teams to the Liberals in the past five months, including four Conservatives — and there is speculation that more could follow.

Lutnick added during a Semafor event Friday that suggestions Canada is biding its time amid mounting political pressure for the U.S. is 'the worst strategy I've ever heard.'

The Toronto ridings are considered to be safe seats for the Liberals, while Terrebonne was held by a Bloc Québécois MP before the last federal election.

Preliminary data from Elections Canada says 18,200 people in the Quebec riding cast ballots in advance elections, which amounts to almost 20 per cent of people on the voters' list.

The Liberal victories in two safe Toronto-area ridings come after five MPs have crossed the floor to the Liberals from other parties in recent months.

Carney announced federal byelections on April 13 in two Toronto-area ridings of Scarborough Southwest and University-Rosedale and the Montreal-area riding of Terrebonne.

The byelections this month are in two Liberal stronghold seats in the Toronto area and one contested riding in Quebec, north of Montreal.

Air Canada has announced that CEO Michael Rousseau will retire by the end of this year's third quarter on Monday morning, holding this position since 2021.

Michael Rousseau has been summoned to Ottawa by the official languages ​​committee, which voted unanimously for him to answer why he spoke only two words in French in the video.

The seat was left vacant after former Liberal cabinet minister Bill Blair resigned to take over as Canada's high commissioner in the U.K.

Three byelections are being held on April 13 and the results could have an impact on both the makeup of Parliament and how long it lasts.

The report says since Freeland shared remarks as a government representative at official government events, this amounted to campaign contribution by the Government of Canada.

Liberal Tatiana Auguste faces Bloc candidate Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné in an April 13 byelection triggered by a one-vote result overturned by the Supreme Court.

If the Liberal government wins two Ontario ridings and the Terrebonne riding in Quebec in byelections scheduled for April 13, they will be in razor-thin majority territory.

Chrystia Freeland's absence from the Liberal caucus will leave Prime Minister Mark Carney two seats short of a majority government.

Freeland made the announcement amid concerns raised by opposition MPs who said she should have resigned earlier after accepting a role advising a foreign government.

Freeland has said Ukraine could become an economic juggernaut by taking up the opportunities it missed after the collapse of the Soviet Union.