Sur ma recommandation et celle de notre equipe du Quebec. Michael Ignatieff a offert la circonscription de Jeanne-LeBer a Martin Cauchon. A suivre.
And translated by Babelfish:
On my recommendation and that of our team of Quebec. Michael Ignatieff offered the district of Jeanne-LeBer has Martin Cauchon. To follow.
h/t
PS. I know 0 about Que. politics, but definitely not an automatic win. Which perhaps is fair enough.
PPS. Can anyone confirm? I can't find it at this site.
Confirmed here, although their take on it is a bit bummerish.
PPPS. Cauchon will likely decline. Hey man, when you retire, you're back to square one. If he isn't willing to fight, fuck im.
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Hurrah! Best news I've hear all day!
..!!
Off-topic. Hide your Eye of Newt; the Witchsmeller's on the loose again.
The key word is 'offered'. I haven't heard anything about Cauchon accepting this yet. However, if he does then more power to him, since I don't want anyone thinking they've got a free ride here. That's why Trudeau (Justin) has my respect. The guy went out and won back a riding from the Bloc.
Good New indeed, Mulcair wins again!
I think that Cauchon is making a principled stand.
I guess we just want Tom Mulcair to remain the MP in Outremont then. M. Coderre otta be the won resigning.
Well, if Cauchon truly wants to be back in public service, to serve Canadians and make a difference - he should quit playing games.
Who the hell does he think he is?
Enough already.
Either Cauchon is sincere and wants to serve or he isn't. It's not about him.
You know, Dion wasn't my choice for leader, but I did support the party when he became leader. And, if LeBlanc or Rae were the leader (even though they weren't my first choice) I would have supported them.
But this BS - the games, the nonsense - I'm about ready to stop supporting the Liberal party.
I've had enough.
Well, if Cauchon truly wants to be back in public service, to serve Canadians and make a difference - he should quit playing games.
You mean that you agree with Iggy appointing seats instead of having the grass roots in Quebec decide?
You see, Cauchon had been in that riding for year...
So, there is some "sentimental" value to him regaining the riding...
Coderre is a buffoon. He represents what is wrong with the Quebec Liberals.
I will say here what I said elsewhere. It all depends on whether or not Outremont was promised to another candidate before Cauchon expressed interest. If that promise was made then I do not see how Ignatieff had any choice but to honour it, particularly since Cauchon put his name forward so late in the game.
If the promise was not made then he should have been permitted to contest for the nomination.
But this BS - the games, the nonsense - I'm about ready to stop supporting the Liberal party.
I've had enough.
That's what makes you a true Liberal, Sandi. Only Conservatives and Dippers cheer and clap for their parties until their hands are worn down to stubs.
When it comes to federal politics, there are two provinces that are best ignored: Alberta and Quebec. The rest of Canada is continuously held hostage to the tiny but loud and perennially-aggrieved minorities in those provinces and likely, always will be.
Ya, all this BS happening when Ignatieff, Kennedy, Marth Hall Finlay are on the road, doing their work and "Raes" old supporters creating a mess.
It's not about Cauchon, it's about the party. Do you think these folks worry about what's happening in my riding or your riding? Na, it's about power play by Cauchon, Rae and another prominent guy - I won't say the name.
He took so long to decide, you have to wonder if he takes that long to make all his decisions.
I will never, ever vote Harper. So, my dilemma is who do I vote for? Layton - scary. May - pfff.
Thank you Sandy for being an Iggy fluffer...
Maybe you should read this Gazette editorial and you'll get a sense of how fucked the Quebec Liberals are:
Stéphane Dion deserves better
True, Dion's reign as party leader was short and inglorious, and his stumble-prone campaign in 2008 culminated in one of the most humiliating defeats in Liberal history. Finally, his disastrous attempt to forge a coalition with the New Democrats to oust the Conservatives with the connivance of the Bloc Québécois dashed whatever hopes he had left of ever becoming prime minister.
Still, he deserves better than to have his back stabbed by the likes of Denis Coderre, a party apparatchik whose contributions to Canada are minimal compared with those of Dion. But Coderre apparently has the ear and the support of Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff, which greatly enhances his ability to make mischief in the ranks of the party's Quebec wing. And Coderre seems to think, according to our columnist L.Ian MacDonald, that Dion should have the decency to disappear before the next election and leave his riding open for a "star candidate."
This is the kind of nastiness that gives party politics a bad name - and rightly so. For all his errors as leader, Dion has long been a stalwart defender of national unity. He rallied to the Liberal cause in the dark days following the 1995 referendum precisely to fight the very real threat of national dissolution. His three open letters to separatists demolished the arguments of those who would tear the country apart and his Clarity Act stiffened the spines of discouraged federalists and infuriated their foes.
Leave him alone, Mr. Coderre.
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Stéphane+Dion+deserves+better/2030861/story.html
Hurrah! Best news I've heard all day!
Cauchon gets OK to seek Outremont nomination.
Patience is a virgin, Libs.
Patience is a virgin, Libs.
Feels more like sloppy seconds at the moment.
Damage is already done.
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