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NDP, Tories to steer clear of Quebec election
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| Contributor | Scott³ |
| Last Edited | Scott³ Aug 02, 2012 05:45pm |
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| Category | News |
| Author | Susana Mas |
| Media | Website - CBC |
| News Date | Thursday, August 2, 2012 11:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | "While Quebec Liberal Leader Jean Charest is counting on Quebecers seeing him as the only federalist option as they head to the polls in the next provincial election on Sept. 4, the provincial leader should not count on the federal Tories or the New Democrats to come rallying to his cause.
In an interview with CBC News, NDP MP François Pilon confirmed there a directive from the party to steer clear of the Quebec election.
Pilon, who represents the federal riding of Laval-Les Îles in Quebec, said NDP MPs and staff have been instructed not to get involved in the provincial campaign.
Pilon also said he will not be getting involved with his former political aide's campaign now that she is running for Charest's Liberals in one of three new provincial ridings.
Genevieve April, who was working as Pilon's political aide until the writ was dropped on Wednesday, has taken a leave of absence — effective Aug.1 — to run for the provincial Liberals in the new Montreal riding of Sainte-Rose, Pilon confirmed in an interview with CBC News on Wednesday evening.
"I wasn't very surprised. It had been a few months since I'd noticed that she was talking with the provincial Liberals... I didn't know if she would get involved at the highest levels or run, but I was not at all surprised." said the NDP MP." |
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