PLQ Leadership Election 2013

[RogueBeaver]

With Couillard getting in on Wednesday, figured I might as well put up the thread. Contest is in February, precise date/rules won't be announced till month's end.


Moreau and Bachand are in. Couillard wants an intraparty debate on platform, esp identity issues.

http://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/quebec-canada/politique-quebecoise/201209/28/01-4578519-direction-du-plq-raymond-bachand-est-candidat.php

http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/Politique/2012/09/25/002-couillard-course-plq.shtml

http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/Politique/2012/09/30/002-pierre-moreau-candidat-plq.shtml

http://journalmetro.com/actualites/national/164832/couillard-veut-rouvrir-le-debat-identitaire/

[Holmes]

This is the speech that Kinsella thought would be Trudeau's Lincoln moment? Harper and Mulcair will bury him alive in debate. Maybe Liberals should hope for Garneau.

[RogueBeaver]

Uhh, this is the PLQ thread.

[Holmes]

I come from an alternate universe where Trudeau is running for the Liberal leadership in Quebec, cut me some slack, Beav?

[RogueBeaver]

Moreau gets 4/5 Outaouais MNAs. The 5th backs Couillard, who also gets Norm MacMillan. Apparently Couillard has been locking up the riding associations already, hardly a surprise.

http://lesnews.ca/politique/25966-course-au-plq-pierre-moreau-rallie-les-deputes-de-loutaouais/

http://www.lapresse.ca/le-droit/politique/201210/02/01-4579539-plq-iraca-appuiera-couillard.php

[後援会]

Are any of them not Pure Laine racists? Like a principled leftist-type?

[MaxQue]

Are any of them not Pure Laine racists? Like a principled leftist-type?

Wrong party. Those are right-wing and pro-Canada.

[Poirot]

Couillard's beard is gone. I hope it's not a decision by an image consultant who said beard might cost you votes.

I've noticed the spending limit is higher in the Quebec Liberals leadership contest ($600,000) than the Ontario Liberals ($500,000). The Ontario race is shorter but I was surprised since it has a bigger population and maybe they don't have as much restrictive donations limit. 

[RogueBeaver]

Couillard has a very interesting manifesto, to say the least, in Le Devoir.

http://m.ledevoir.com/politique/quebec/365585/revenir-aux-sources-de-l-idee-liberale

[Simfan34]

I read this as PLO and got all excited.