Three newly by-elected Liberal MPs will be heading to Ottawa to bolster the ranks of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government when the House of Commons reopens next month.

As chronicled in near-real-time on the iPolitics live blog last night, not only did the federal Liberals have no difficulty keeping both Beaches — East York, Ont. and North Vancouver — Capilano in the red column, but the party also pulled off an upset victory in Chicoutimi — Le Fjord, Que., where local Liberal hopeful Daniel Gobeil managed to secure just over 50 per cent of the votes in what was expected to be a tight three-way race, with Bloc Québécois candidate Caroline Dubé finishing a distant second at 33 per cent and the incumbent Conservatives, who had held the riding since 2018, even further behind at 12.5 per cent and the New Democrats barely registering on the radar at two per cent.

In North Vancouver — Capilano, B.C., Carney’s former chief of staff Braeden Caley won the race to replace former Liberal cabinet minister Jonathan Wilkinson by a comfortable margin, racking up just over 58 per cent of the votes cast — a slight drop, it’s worth noting, from the 59 per cent that Wilkinson was able to secure in 2025 — with Conservative contender Stephen Curren also falling short of his 2025 showing at 29 per cent, compared to 33 per cent in the last campaign, while the Green Party’s Shelley Luce nearly doubled her party’s share of the vote to 8.7 per cent, putting her in third place, well ahead of New Democrat Stephen Tweedale with just three per cent support.

Newly installed New Democrat leader Avi Lewis can, however, take some comfort in how the race played out in the Toronto-area riding vacated by former Liberal Nathaniel Erskine Smith earlier this year, where the party came a respectable, if not particularly close second with 26 per cent share of the vote after seeing their support collapse in last year’s federal election, which saw the party end the race behind not just the Liberals but the Conservatives with just seven per cent share of the vote.

Also on the radar: Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne joins his fellow G20 finance ministers for two days of high-level closed-door discussions in Asheville, North Carolina, where, as Canadian Press reported yesterday, he’s also expected to meet with his American counterpart, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

“It’s believed to be the first face-to-face meeting between high-ranking Canadian and U.S. officials since trade talks between the two nations broke down 10 days ago and gave way to an escalating tariff fight,” the wire service notes. “Bessent also confirmed the meeting with Champagne in an appearance on CNBC today, where he blamed the failed talks on (Carney’s) approach to politics.”

According to his office, Champagne will “hold a media callback” from the sidelines of the summit later this afternoon. (1:30 p.m.)

Back in Canada, Secretary of State for Sport Adam van Koeverden teams up with Able Sail Toronto, as well as his fellow Toronto-area Liberal MP Chi Nguyen, for a “Sailing Try-It Day” on the city’s waterfront. (10 a.m.)

Moving west, Secretary of State for Rural Development Buckley Belanger drops by the Wollaston Lake Airport in northeastern Saskatchewan to highlight “important investments” that, as per the notice, will boost “accessibility, reliability, and airport safety.” (10:30 a.m. CST)

Rounding out the roster, Emergency Management Minister Eleanor Olszewski, who, in addition to her other assigned duties, also serves as Ministerial Lead for Jasper, joins Jasper Mayor Richard Ireland for an “infrastructure announcement” at the local wastewater treatment plant. (1 p.m. MDT)

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Both the House of Commons and the Senate have shut down for the summer, with regular parliamentary proceedings set to resume in September.

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