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Feeling the force of the Mulcair effect
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| Contributor | Monsieur |
| Last Edited | Monsieur Dec 28, 2010 04:12pm |
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| Category | General |
| Author | Lawrence Martin |
| Media | Newspaper - Toronto Globe and Mail |
| News Date | Tuesday, December 28, 2010 10:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | In the New Democratic Party and beyond, people are starting to take note of the Mulcair effect.
The NDP has always looked for someone who could build the party in Quebec. It’s never worked, and it might not work this time. But at no juncture has the party had as powerful a figure in the province as the volcanic Thomas Mulcair, the lava-tongued lawyer who served in Quebec’s National Assembly for 13 years as a Liberal.
Few made stronger impressions than him on Parliament Hill in 2010. Mr. Mulcair has an ego the size of Mount Kilimanjaro, with talent and temper of almost the same magnitude. He is considered a good bet to become leader of his party. For Liberals looking on, he’s also, given his grit, an argument for a coalition, which he favours.
In Quebec, where the NDP’s media presence has grown exponentially since Mr. Mulcair donned the party’s garments in 2007, the New Democrats placed second in several recent polls, behind the Bloc Québécois. Gains are particularly noticeable among francophone voters. Although Mr. Mulcair is an anglophone, he speaks predominantly French and is even more forceful in his second tongue than his first. |
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