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Justin Trudeau, Jagmeet Singh and Andrew Scheer are all in Quebec this morning. In this live story, we’ll be tracking the campaign news as it happens.

4:00 p.m. — Green candidate quits, throws support to NDP in Edmonton Strathcona

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The Green Party candidate in Edmonton Strathcona will stop campaigning and throw his support to the NDP candidate in the riding.

“The climate crisis is too important for people and parties to play politics as usual,” said Green candidate Michael Kalmanovitch, in a statement. He said NDP candidate Heather McPherson was the best option for voters.

After Kalmanovitch released his statement, the Greens issued a terse press release saying the party had removed him as the candidate. The NDP and the Green Party have been battling for the progressive vote, with the NDP edging up in national polls recently.

With a big jump in voters using advance polls over Thanksgiving weekend, it could mean that hundreds, or potentially thousands of voters cast a ballot for a candidate who has quit the race.

Edmonton Strathcona may be one of the most interesting races in Canada this year. NDP incumbent Linda Duncan announced she wouldn’t run in the 2019 election, setting up a close race between the Conservatives, Liberals and NDP.

Alberta NDP leader Rachel Notley, who represents the same area provincially, made headlines last week when she said she wasn’t sure if she could vote for the federal NDP due to the party’s opposition to the Trans Mountain pipeline.

2:00 p.m. — Barack Obama endorses Justin Trudeau

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau got a big endorsement on Wednesday afternoon from former U.S. President Barack Obama.

“I was proud to work with Justin Trudeau as President,” Obama wrote on Twitter. “He’s a hard-working, effective leader who takes on big issues like climate change. The world needs his progressive leadership now, and I hope our neighbours to the north support him for another term.”