He was glad-handing at the party’s first-ever Quebec party convention last week in Saint-Hyacinthe, east of Montreal. Meanwhile, sexual harassment investigations, the pipeline debate and internal squabbles have sucked oxygen out of new NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh’s ability to focus on developing a brand in Quebec. At Saint-Hyacinthe, he promised to look at giving Quebec more power on cultural and immigration issues, though he offered no specifics. Asked whether it could give Quebec some kind of leverage in a negotiation later, he disagreed and said, “why not? Rayes said he will take on the same role as every other Quebec MP in this year’s consultations.

Source: National Post May 16, 2018 21:22 UTC