Rebel News hosted a special livestream covering three by-elections in Quebec, Ontario and British Columbia on Monday night. Those hoping to see a check on Prime Minister Mark Carney's use of political tools to strengthen his minority-turned-majority government were left disappointed, however, as the Liberals swept to victory in all three ridings.

In Quebec's Chicoutimi–Le Fjord riding, the Liberals flipped a Conservative seat after Carney appointed Richard Martel to the Senate.

Most troubling for the Conservatives will be the party finishing in third place and only picking up 12.5% of the vote, a significant decline from the 34.14% Martel won in 2025's general election.

In the Toronto riding of Beaches-East York, Liberal candidate Tanveer Shahnawaz, who upset former cabinet minister Nate Erskine-Smith in the party's nomination process, cruised to an expected win.

New Democrats, however, may be encouraged by their party's performance. Candidate Shannon Devine received just shy of 26% support, showing new leader Avi Lewis may be resonating more with the public than Jagmeet Singh after the NDP slipped to just 6.85% of votes cast in the 2025 federal election.

British Columbia's North Vancouver-Capilano riding was also in play following former Liberal cabinet minister Jonathan Wilkinson's appointment as ambassador to the European Union. Results there were nearly the same as the 2025 election, with Braeden Caley receiving 58.6% of the vote.

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During the special livestream, B.C. based Rebel reporter Drea Humphrey joined hosts Ezra Levant and Sheila Gunn Reid to break down whether Caley is actually a new face for the Liberals or if it's merely more of the same.

"This was an uncontested nomination," Sheila explained. "This guy was hand-selected by the Liberal Party," she said, detailing his lengthy history as a Liberal operative.

"He is just a cog in the wheel," said Ezra, describing Caley as someone who is "being rewarded for his loyalty in a position that will demand more loyalty."

Ezra also took a moment out of the show to address comments from Jason Kenney after the former premier waded into an exchange between himself and Dominion Society chairman Daniel Tyrie.

"I think Jason Kenney 2019 would be disgusted with Jason Kenney 2026," said Ezra, pointing to Kenney's previous roles as director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation and as an advocate for smaller government and religious civil liberties. 

"Now he's calling for commandeering the Alberta oil patch," he said, slamming the former premier for arresting "arrested more pastors than anyone else combined" during the COVID-19 lockdowns.

Trade talks with the United States and Canada's supply management system were key factors in the Liberals flipping the Conservatives' seat in Chicoutimi, Quebec-based Rebel Alexa Lavoie told the hosts.

"I'm not surprised that Mark Carney chose to walk away from the negotiation table because at the end of the day it helped him to win in Chicoutimi this by-election," she said.

Among those she's heard from, a growing concern in Chicoutimi has been a "massive increase in immigration," Alexa said.

Conservatives taking on such an issue would generate "a ferocious response from the establishment, from the media, from NGOs, from the CBC, from lawyers," said Ezra. It'll be all that they talk about. That's much sexier to a journalist than Trump said Lake Ontario. But every single poll I have seen in a decade has said people want far fewer migrants."

Veteran journalist Sue-Ann Levy also joined Ezra and Sheila, where she built on the idea that Carney and the Liberals are whipping up more anti-American rhetoric as a power grab.

This was "directly related" to Monday's by-elections, she said. "The cynic in me says he walked away from the table deliberately because of these by-elections."

With Canada's economy struggling and Toronto's continued decline under Mayor Olivia Chow, Sue-Ann didn't hesitate in saying she'd "be happy to be the first 51st state."

See the full results of Monday night's by-elections on Elections Canada's website.