Federal leaders make pitch ahead of Montreal byelection [Video]

On Monday, voters will go to the polls in the hotly contested Liberal stronghold of LaSalle-Emard-Verdun in the federal byelection to replace former Liberal justice minister David Lametti.

The poll aggregator site 338Canada.com has the Liberals with a 52 per cent chance of holding the seat (29 per cent voting intention), and the Bloc Quebecois in second at 42 per cent (28 per cent voting intention). The NDP is a distant third with a six per cent chance (24 per cent voting intention).

There are a record-setting 91 candidates on the ballot thanks to the protest group Longest Ballot Committee opposed to the Canadian first-past-the-post voting system.

The leaders of the four major Canadian parties — Liberals, Conservatives, NDP and Bloc Bloc Quebecois — spoke to CJAD 800 Radio to make their case.

Here’s what they said: 

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