joe•iuculano :mastodon:<p>Via <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CTV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CTV</span></a> @ 3:27pm ET on Apr 02, 2025</p><p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Conservatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Conservatives</span></a> have dropped a second candidate in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>election</span></a> race, in a single day.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StefanMarquis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StefanMarquis</span></a> — who was running for the Conservatives in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Montreal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Montreal</span></a> riding of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LaurierSainteMarie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LaurierSainteMarie</span></a>, held by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liberal</span></a> cabinet minister <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StevenGuilbeault" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StevenGuilbeault</span></a> since 2019 — wrote in a post on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> that he is no longer a candidate for the party.</p><p><a href="https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article/conservatives-drop-second-election-candidate-in-one-day/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ctvnews.ca/politics/article/co</span><span class="invisible">nservatives-drop-second-election-candidate-in-one-day/</span></a></p>