Political vacancies are fast being filled and several crowns will be changing hands within the next few months.
Now that Philippe Couillard has become Quebec Liberal leader, it's hardly a stretch to imagine he could become premier within the upcoming months, as the public's dissatisfaction with the minority PQ government is somewhere around 70 percent.
Justin Trudeau will be the slam-dunk choice of the federal Liberals on April 14, but a federal election is likely still another couple of years away.
And here in Montreal it's said that Denis Coderre will announce his candidacy after Justin gets officially named, so look at around April 26 for him to officially announce his candidacy for Montreal mayor for the November vote.
Council veterans Annie Samson and Helen Fotopulos are among those said to be likely candidates for his team as are a few other notables.
Coderre, a longtime federal Liberal, is known to many as a manic tweeter of Canadiens' observations.
I could see him getting elected, so the chances of this triumvirate running the three levels of government within a few months are reasonably good.
The Marois government is in place until the next budget (spring 2014) or if she calls an election. The only confidence vote at the provincial level is the budget.
ReplyDeleteAt the federal level, the election has been set for Oct. 2015.
Therefore, you will definetly not see "this triumvirate running the three levels of government within a few months."
Rigor, Kristian. Rigor...
@Marc - It is not only the budget that is an automatic confidence vote, all appropriations bills are too plus any motion can have a want of confidence attached to it.
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