PM won't resign if Liberals lose byelection

Montreal riding previously held by Trudeau's former justice minister

- ALEX BALLINGALL

"I'm not going anywhere," Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said during an interview on Montreal radio station CJAD 800. "I've got a fight to lead against people who want to hurt this country, who want to hurt our communities."

A combative Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday he’s not going to resign as Liberal leader if his party loses a highstakes Montreal byelection on Monday, the same day his minority government is slated to return to Parliament without the NDP promising to prop it up.

In an interview on the Montreal radio station CJAD 800, Trudeau said he will stay on regardless of the result in LaSalle—Émard—Verdun, ariding held by the Liberals’ former justice minister David Lametti from 2015 until he resigned from federal politics earlier this year.

Asked what it means for him if his party loses the contest, Trudeau said it would show the Liberals simply have more work to do to convince voters to support them.