Montreal byelection: Here's what the four party leaders are offering in LaSalle-Emard-Verdun

The leaders of the four major Canadian political parties - Justin Trudeau, Yves-Francois Blanchet, Jagmeet Singh and Pierre Poiliever - made their pitches for why voters should choose their parties in the upcoming Montreal byelection in LaSalle-Emard-Verdun.

On Monday, voters will go to the polls in the hotly contested Liberal stronghold of LaSalle-Emard-Verdun in the federal byelection to replace former Liberal justice minister David Lametti.

The poll aggregator site 338Canada.com has the Liberals with a 52 per cent chance of holding the seat (29 per cent voting intention), and the Bloc Quebecois in second at 42 per cent (28 per cent voting intention). The NDP is a distant third with a six per cent chance (24 per cent voting intention).

There are a record-setting 91 candidates on the ballot thanks to the protest group Longest Ballot Committee opposed to the Canadian first-past-the-post voting system.

The leaders of the four major Canadian parties — Liberals, Conservatives, NDP and Bloc Bloc Quebecois — spoke to CJAD 800 Radio to make their case.

Here's what they said: 

The stakes are highest for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Liberal party. Liberal candidate Laura Palestini is hoping to continue the party's dominance in the riding, which has never voted for another party.

Trudeau told CJAD 800 Radio host Aaron Rand that it's a "moment of choice" about "the kind of country we want to have."