Why Parties Ramped Up Candidate Purges Last week and Why a Surge of Attacks May Be Coming

(Right) Liberal Leader Mark Carney; (Left) Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick; Adrian Wyld

Last week saw the Conservatives drop five candidates over comments they had made in the past, while three Liberal candidates were dismissed or resigned for the same reason.

The dismissals took place ahead of the April 7 deadline for candidates to register to run in the federal election.