Erskine-Smith’s Leadership Bid Falters

Nate Erskine-Smith’s bid for Ontario Liberal leadership just took a major hit after losing the Scarborough Southwest nomination to Ahsanul Hafiz — a loss he’s now appealing, but the party’s arbitration panel has shut down his claims of fraud and bias, calling the extra ballots a simple record-keeping error. Erskine-Smith, who plans to resign his federal seat to run provincially, had hoped this nomination would be his launchpad — but critics saw it as self-serving. With his appeal rejected and the party now focused on winning back voters in Scarborough Southwest ahead of a summer election, the Liberals are doubling down on transparency — even as Erskine-Smith’s campaign stumbles. Support the show:Get a discount at https://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/5f221c834ed19a42