Der einzige Quebecer Abgeordnete der NDP sagt, er erwäge einen Sprung in die Provinzpolitik
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/alexandre-boulerice-quebec-politics-ndp-9.7102919
Der einzige Quebecer Abgeordnete der NDP sagt, er erwäge einen Sprung in die Provinzpolitik
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/alexandre-boulerice-quebec-politics-ndp-9.7102919
12 Kommentare
Not good news for the NDP; not only is he the sole NDP MP in Quebec, he’s the only NDP MDP east of Winnipeg.
Also a fairly senior MP; he’s held the seat since the 2011 election where he took the seat from the Bloc.
Past few riding results say the Liberals are within shouting distance of the NDP, so this could be a major nail biter for the NDP if he chooses to leave.
He’d already basically confirmed this by refusing to deny the remours, but at least it’s been cleared up now and people can stop pretending that the QS was just randomly making an exception in Gouin.
Very bad news for the NDP, they don’t stand much of a chance of keeping this riding.
This is an absolute disaster for the NDP’s ability to claim itself as a national party, but I have no doubt a sizeable swathe of the membership will be sanguine about it.
The movement part of the membership has always seen the NDP’s presence in Quebec as a dangerous source of needing to make compromises on their opinions
in order to win.
No Quebec to worry about, no messy brokerage politics to deal with, they can comfortably settle into being 100% in agreement with each other, and totally irrelevant.
Does anyone from Quebec think that if Boulerice were to rise in the QS, maybe even become leader, that they could form government?
NPD: „Aidez-nous, Ruth Ellen, vous êtes notre seul espoir…“
Seriously, though. If Boulerice goes, I don’t think anyone will blame him, but that’s probably it for the NDP in Quebec for a generation or two, and it likely confirms Carney gets a majority. Wow.
There’s a lot of talk about Poilievre seems to be out of step with his provincial peers.
But there’s not enough talk about how the federal NDP are the same with their provincial parties.
Wish him the best. It is a bit disappointing. The fact that QS is doing terrible in the polls and he still wants to jump over means he must think the federal NDP is really in for a rough patch.
And to clear things up about geography. The departure of Boulerice does not mean the NDP has no seats east of Winnipeg.
Lori Idlout is still an NDP MP (for now anyway), and her riding stretches eastward all the way to Labrador.
I still don’t understand why he never went for the NDP leadership. He seems like a perfect candidate: Is a bilingual Quebecer (that seems like the only real way they’ll get significant votes in Quebec), is charismatic and already knows how to get elected. I could see him reversing their fortunes.
The most recent polling has QS at 6-9%
It’s quite possible that he wouldn’t win his own provincial election.
Seems like a bad move. I could understand it if he jumps after the election and basically takes over QS and wins a by-election.
QS seems like a huge disorganized headache right now, I’m surprised he wants to leave a secure federal seat for that mess full of infighting. Maybe he wants to position himself as its future leader but even that isn’t peaches and creamville.
Would he consider running for the head of a provincial party then? Because we have a wasteland of bad choices over here.
This is Boulerice’s riding, not the NDP, and a good example of how some ridings are won solely on the strenght of the local candidate. Rosemont is completely surrounded by safe Liberal ridings, including Trudeau’s old riding. This is an opportunity for Carney to parachute in a Cabinet minister aligned with his way of running things.