The Toronto riding of University–Rosedale is one of three ridings up for grabs in byelections slated for April 13.

This is a very big deal indeed: should the Liberals win those byelections, Prime Minister Mark Carney will secure his coveted majority government. And he will most certainly use that majority government to fast-track his mandate, which has less to do with economic development and more to do with censorship and control.

It’s scary…

Rebel News dropped by the riding to hear from constituents, where most said they plan to vote Liberal on April 13. Not a surprise, really, given that this riding has long been a Liberal stronghold.

Of note, we brought along our big, beautiful billboard truck to send along a simple message: Stop Carney. Alas, according to Election Canada rules, Rebel News is not allowed to get involved in a byelection (other than reporting).

So, in order to get our truck into these ridings, Rebel News Commander Ezra Levant had to set up a registered third-party advertising organization called For Canada.

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For Canada needs to raise money to get the message out that Carney must be stopped. In that regard, Ezra and For Canada need supporters to go to www.ForCanada.ca and make a contribution given that Rebel News is forbidden from doing so due to those Election Canada rules.

As for the riding of University–Rosedale, the last time constituents went to the polls in April 2025, it was a Liberal landslide. The top three candidates were:

• Chrystia Freeland, Liberal: 39,847 votes, 64.00%
• Liz Grade, Conservative:14,624 votes, 23.49%
• Serena Purdy, NDP: 6,168 votes, 9.91 %

In January, Freeland, who represented this downtown Toronto riding since 2015, announced her resignation. Now running for the Liberals is Danielle Martin, a family doctor and health-care advocate.

Mortgage broker Don Hodgson is the Conservative candidate this time around.

Returning to the fray is NDP candidate Serena Purdy. We don’t know if this person is she/her or a he/him or a they/them or a ze/zir. Hopefully we can catch Ms. Purdy canvassing in the days ahead so we can see what gender equity card she is displaying.

(Oops! Did we say “Ms.”? Did we say “she”? Our sincere apologies if we have misgendered Serena Purdy.)

In any event, we paid a visit to the uber-upscale neighbourhood of Rosedale to do an election sign count.

For those unfamiliar with Toronto, if this city were a Monopoly board, Rosedale would be Park Place given that many of the mansions here are worth several million dollars. We estimated there were at least three times as many Liberal signs as there were Conservative placards. Baffling…

Let’s pray for a byelection miracle in University–Rosedale given that the “Elbows Up” acolytes appear to be completely content with the status quo… for reasons that completely elude us.

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