It’s not cheap to cancel an election gained by a single vote, says the liberal deputy’s lawyer

The lawyer for a Quebec Liberal MP who gained her race in April’s federal election by a single vote says it could be unreasonable to overturn the consequence due to an uncountable vote.

Tatiana Auguste’s lawyer mentioned at a listening to in St-Jérôme, Que. that ordering a brand new election would successfully deny the fitting to vote to the greater than 60,000 individuals who voted in Terrebonne.

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The Quebec Superior Court docket agreed to listen to the case after former Bloc Québécois candidate Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné challenged the election ends in the race.

She launched the problem after a Bloc voter revealed that her particular poll was returned to her as a consequence of an error within the envelope deal with supplied by Elections Canada.

Auguste’s lawyer, Marc-Étienne Vien, advised the courtroom there are well-known dangers to voting by mail and that it isn’t Elections Canada’s duty to make sure that mailed ballots attain polling stations.

Sinclair-Desgagné’s lawyer beforehand argued that the voter’s Constitution rights had been violated and mentioned a brand new election ought to be ordered.

This report by The Canadian Press was first printed Oct. 21, 2025.