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In the October federal election, any party is going to be hard-pressed to get the 170 seats needed to form a majority government, which means every seat is important.

But some are symbolic and, for the Liberals, Vancouver-Granville is one of those. It’s ground zero for the party’s meltdown.

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To win there would mean some measure of redemption for Justin Trudeau who wooed incumbent Jody Wilson-Raybould, only to oust her from the party this year after the former justice minister went public with concerns about political interference in her department’s decision to proceed with a criminal prosecution of SNC-Lavalin rather than a settlement deal.

The stunningly public break with the party, the prime minister’s staff and Trudeau himself divided Liberals and other Canadians over who was right and who was wrong.

With Wilson-Raybould running as an Independent this time, the Liberals need a new star to replace her. And the hot rumour is that they’re courting Taleeb Noormohamed.