The riding has been held by Liberal MP Chandra Arya since 2015, but the 62-year-old learned Thursday that the party had removed him as their candidate.

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    3 days ago

    The Edmonton subreddit figured it was that seat or EDM Centre, which coincidentally was another disgraced MP seat held by Randy Boissonneault who just announced he won’t run again. They think Mayor Sohi will run for southeast due to demographics and family connections in that area.

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      3 days ago

      Oof, didn’t know about Boissonneault… I don’t get why you would lie about such a thing, like at all, but even more so when you’re in a position of increased scrutiny like a politician…