St. Lambert is a BQ held riding from 2004, but was held by the Liberals for seven years prior. Perhaps they’re hoping that this will somehow allow them to peel votes off of both potential Liberal and BQ voters. There is of course also the danger that they’ll be seen as naked opportunists in promising this for political gain.

It would also [...]]]> http://scottdiatribe.canflag.com/2008/08/19/bridge-watching/feed/ 1 http://scottdiatribe.canflag.com/2008/07/25/byelections-date-set-for-sept-8th/ http://scottdiatribe.canflag.com/2008/07/25/byelections-date-set-for-sept-8th/#comments Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:14:56 +0000 Scott Tribe http://scottdiatribe.gluemeat.com/?p=1515 Just saw this come over the newswire as well as in an email from a high-ranking Liberal that the byelections in Guelph, Westmount and St Lambert are set for Sept 8th.

Guelph will be of particular interest to me, since I went to University there and lived there for a good stretch, and because I was involved in the Liberal nomination race there from a distance.  It will be interesting to hear the local Conservatives explain how Brent Barr wasn’t apparently a good enough candidate for the national Conservatives, who removed the democratically elected candidate by the local riding association  in a coup-d’etat in order to install Gloria Kovachs [...]]]> http://scottdiatribe.canflag.com/2008/07/25/byelections-date-set-for-sept-8th/feed/ 1