Daniel Béland/Policy Magazine: Regardless of his motives, Boulerice’s departure would leave the NDP with only six seats in the House of Commons.
Because both the Bloc and the Liberals are likely to recruit strong candidates in a byelection in Rosemont-La Petite Patrie, and the success of the NDP in that riding has been largely due to Boulerice’s personal popularity, unless the party can recruit a star candidate, it will be without an MP in Quebec for the foreseeable future…