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Byelection: Karen Wang

byelection: Later, she asked the prime minister to let her run after all, according to Toronto Star. But the party has decided against letting Wang run under the Liberal banner. Karen Wang, who until Wednesday was the Liberal candidate running against NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh in the highly anticipated byelection, resigned over comments she made on WeChat about Singh's race. Recent online comments by Karen Wang are not aligned with the values of the Liberal Party of Canada. Caley did not respond to questions about whether the Liberals will run another candidate in the Burnaby South byelection. The Liberal Party has accepted her resignation as a candidate, and she will not represent the Liberal Party in the Burnaby South byelection, wrote Braeden Caley, Liberal Party spokesperson, in an email Thursday. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.