Conservative candidate Jamil Jivani, a commentator and activist, scored a sizable victory in a federal byelection Monday — a lopsided result the Tories are spinning as an ominous sign for the Liberals in the Greater Toronto Area.
Jivani claimed about 57 per cent of the vote compared to 22.5 per cent for his closest competitor — Liberal candidate and local ward councillor Robert Rock — in this suburban-rural riding east of Oshawa, Ont. on the outskirts of the province’s Golden Horseshoe region.
“There’s really no other way to describe it, the byelection results were terrible for Mr. Trudeau and his Liberal Party,” Conservative MP Michelle
