Liberals seek to keep Kanata-Carleton after narrow victory in recent byelection [Video]

Voters in the provincial riding of Kanata-Carleton might be forgiven for thinking, didn’t we just go through this? 

After all, Karen McCrimmon of the Ontario Liberal Party took the northwest Ottawa seat by only 651 votes, upending decades of Progressive Conservative wins, in a summer byelection that took place only 19 months ago. 

Now, in the dead of winter and with a tight election campaign window to boot, McCrimmon is seeking a second (and full) term.

But the incumbent is facing a new crop of contenders this time around, including another former member of the Canadian Armed Forces (McCrimmon’s own campaign bio states she was the first female to command an air force squadron) and two candidates with ties to education. 

Kanata-Carleton MPP hopefuls also face the issue of voter engagement in a …