Hassan Guillet said the Liberals were reluctant to have him run in Saint-Léonard, afraid of antagonizing the large Italian community. “The Muslim community is as big as the Italian community,” Guillet told the Post in an interview. His nomination ahead of the fall federal election marks a dramatic shift in the Montreal riding, which has been represented by members of the Italian community since its creation in 1988. “The Liberal party is the party that is closest to my ideals, to my principles, to my way of life,” he said. “But they didn’t want to alienate the Italian community, because historically it was always run by an Italian.

Source: National Post May 29, 2019 00:45 UTC