BEAUPRÉ, QUE—Prime Minister Stephen Harper has stayed silent, NDP leader Thomas Mulcair hasn’t said a word and even media-loving Montreal Liberal MP Justin Trudeau has shied away from the cameras over the course of the Quebec election.
But David Bertschi has decided to walk where other federal politicians fear to tread.
Who, you ask?
That would be David Bertschi, the prospective candidate for the leadership of the federal Liberal party.
Worried by the prospect of a Parti Québécois government taking power in Tuesday’s provincial vote, the man who ran and lost for the Grits in the 2011 federal campaign is urging Quebecers to return Jean Charest’s provincial Liberals to power.
“Quebecers have a very clear choice on Sept. 4. They can choose between a strong Quebec in a united Canada by voting Liberal or they can choose uncertainty by voting for the PQ,” the born-and-raised Quebecer said in a news release.
The communiqué was issued from Ottawa. At the end of the document was the contact for Bertschi’s director of communications in Saskatchewan.
“This is not about politics,” Bertschi says when addressing the fact that no other federal politician has been keen to pick sides in the Quebec election.
“It’s about doing the right thing. I am a proud liberal and I stand by my principles. If Canadians are looking for empty promises and more rhetoric they probably shouldn’t vote for me should I decide to seek the (federal Liberal) leadership.”
Original Article
Source: the star
Author: Allan Woods
But David Bertschi has decided to walk where other federal politicians fear to tread.
Who, you ask?
That would be David Bertschi, the prospective candidate for the leadership of the federal Liberal party.
Worried by the prospect of a Parti Québécois government taking power in Tuesday’s provincial vote, the man who ran and lost for the Grits in the 2011 federal campaign is urging Quebecers to return Jean Charest’s provincial Liberals to power.
“Quebecers have a very clear choice on Sept. 4. They can choose between a strong Quebec in a united Canada by voting Liberal or they can choose uncertainty by voting for the PQ,” the born-and-raised Quebecer said in a news release.
The communiqué was issued from Ottawa. At the end of the document was the contact for Bertschi’s director of communications in Saskatchewan.
“This is not about politics,” Bertschi says when addressing the fact that no other federal politician has been keen to pick sides in the Quebec election.
“It’s about doing the right thing. I am a proud liberal and I stand by my principles. If Canadians are looking for empty promises and more rhetoric they probably shouldn’t vote for me should I decide to seek the (federal Liberal) leadership.”
Original Article
Source: the star
Author: Allan Woods
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