High-stakes battle heats up in Scarborough Southwest

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The race for Scarborough Southwest is heating up.

Both the Liberals and New Democrats have locked in nomination dates for what’s shaping up to be the most-watched byelection of the summer — and a proxy war for bigger fights to come.

It’s a high-stakes race for both parties in particular, but especially the Grits, who will also pick their new party captain in November.

First, they’ll crown their SSW flag-bearer on May 9 at Birchmount Park Collegiate. It’s a four-way contest between MP and leadership hopeful NATE ERSKINE-SMITH, former candidate QADIRA JACKSON, federal party VP and Domino’s Pizza franchiser AHSANUL HAFIZ and immigration consultant MAHMUDA NASRIN.

The hotly contested Liberal nomination has already seen tensions flare — Erskine-Smith reportedly asked Jackson and Hafiz not-so-subtly to join his team (effectively quitting their own bids perhaps in exchange for another position should he become …