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Conservative Transport Minister Denis Lebel confirms former ties to the Bloc
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| Contributor | Monsieur |
| Last Edited | Monsieur Aug 09, 2011 07:17am |
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| Author | Adrian Morrow |
| Media | Newspaper - Toronto Globe and Mail |
| News Date | Tuesday, August 9, 2011 01:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | After a week of attacking the NDP for choosing a former member of the Bloc Quebecois as its interim leader, it has emerged that the federal Conservatives also have a high-level member with former ties to the separatist party.
Tory transport minister Denis Lebel was a member of the Bloc during his time working for various civic-minded organizations in his home town of Roberval, a small town on Lac Saint-Jean, about 260 kilometres north of Quebec City.
His office confirmed his past association with the party Monday evening, but released few other details. It did not respond to a query as to why Mr. Lebel joined the Bloc, and if he had been a separatist.
In a statement to Radio Canada he said he took out the membership in part to ingratiate himself with Michel Gauthier, a former Bloc leader who served as the area's MP. SRC reported that Mr. Lebel was a member of the Bloc from July 1993 to April 2001 and that he also donated hundreds of dollars to the party during the 1990s. |
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