Trudeau’s Hand-Picked Candidate for Montreal Byelection Riles Aspiring Contenders

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s decision to hand-pick a candidate for a riding in an upcoming Montreal byelection isn’t being well-received by three aspiring contenders who spent months campaigning only to be shunted aside. The Liberals announced Montreal city Coun. Laura Palestini on July 19 as the party’s candidate in a byelection whose date has yet to be announced for the riding of LaSalle—Émard—Verdun. The byelection must be called by July 30. Three aspiring candidates—local school commissioner Lori Morrison; entrepreneur Christopher Baenninger; and former Quebec Liberal party organizer Eddy Kara—denounced the decision, with Ms. Morrison calling it “anti-democratic, 100 percent.”...