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Is Ottawa in the cards for Dumont?
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| Contributor | Monsieur |
| Last Edited | Monsieur Dec 09, 2008 10:53pm |
| Category | Speculative |
| News Date | Dec 09, 2008 10:00pm |
| Description | Just one day after Mario Dumont announced his plan to quit Quebec politics, federal Conservatives were envisioning the prospect of luring the one-time right-wing wunderkind to Ottawa.
A household name in Quebec since the early 1990s, Dumont almost singlehandedly built the small-c conservative Action Démocratique du Québec, but announced he would resign after a disastrous election result Monday.
Several prominent Conservatives quickly indicated that the door to Ottawa remains resolutely open — should he be interested in entering.
"Mario Dumont is a principled leader who over the last 14 years advanced the small-c conservative cause in Quebec," one well-known federal Tory organizer said Tuesday.
"He would be an asset to the Conservative government in Ottawa."
Another senior federal Tory chose his words carefully when asked whether the party would approach Dumont: "I get the impression people will let him know there's room for him in Ottawa." |
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