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On Friday evening, just before he had hoped to secure the Liberal nomination for a provincial byelection in Scarborough Southwest, Nate Erskine-Smith posted a video to his social media feeds that did not leave a lot of room for interpretation of his future plans.

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It was an endorsement, of sorts, from Prime Minister Mark Carney.

Scott Stinson: Nate Erskine-Smith's race to challenge Doug Ford crashes at the first hurdle. Will he stay on as an MP? Back to video

Erskine-Smith, the MP for the neighbouring riding of Beaches-East York, captioned the video of him talking to Carney with the words, “leaving federal politics to make a bigger difference.”

Leaving federal politics to make a bigger difference, and it was good to catch up with the Prime Minister as we head into an important weekend. pic.twitter.com/dbxAPT5ct8— Nate Erskine-Smith (@NateForOntario) May 9, 2026

Leaving federal politics to make a bigger difference, and it was good to catch up with the Prime Minister as we head into an important weekend. pic.twitter.com/dbxAPT5ct8

In the clip, Carney heaps praise on the man he punted last year from the federal cabinet and says while it hurts to see him go, he understands that he’ll be doing important work at........

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