Parties lost a swath of candidates last week. After Monday, it’ll be too late to replace them [Video]

Candidates were dropping almost as fast as the writs in the first two weeks of the campaign. But after Monday, political parties will have an additional problem if they decide to remove someone from their ticket — they won’t be able to put forward a backup contender.

Between the Liberals and Conservatives, more than half a dozen candidates have stepped away or been kicked off their party tickets.

Michele Cadario, a former Liberal campaign director, said the snap election call could be the reason so many candidates have been booted this early. She suggested the parties are trying to vet candidates quickly.

“Time that might have otherwise been spent doing deeper dives into candidate recruitment and all of that — everything got fast-tracked,” she said.

Dan Mader, who worked on the Conservatives’ 2021 campaign, said most of the candidates let go last week were likely in ridings their respective parties …