Liberals want to change election date because of Diwali – but wouldn’t do the same for Jewish holiday

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Liberals want to change election date because of Diwali – but wouldn’t do the same for Jewish holiday

The Liberal government’s claim that its proposed postponement of the 2025 election is to avoid Diwali rings hollow for Jewish Canadians. In 2019, they sought accommodation by the government to avoid an overlap of the election with a Jewish holiday, but the concerns fell on deaf ears. The Liberals introduced a bill to alter the Elections Act that moves the scheduled 2025 election date from Oct. 20 to Oct. 27. Cynics have pointed out that the dela…