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Bloc MP Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay leaves caucus to run for Parti Québécois
Savard-Tremblay will join four other MPs leaving Parliament, a move that could trigger five byelections and shift the balance in the House.
- Bloc MP Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay resigned his seat to run for the Parti Québécois in the fall provincial election, now listed as an Independent on the House of Commons website.
- Radio-Canada first reported the move, though the Parti Québécois communications office declined to confirm it officially while noting that leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon will visit St-Hyacinthe, Que., on Friday to announce a nomination candidate.
- Savard-Tremblay joins four other MPs, including former environment minister Steven Guilbeault and ex-NDP member Alexandre Boulerice, slated to resign at the end of the current Parliament sitting.
- The five upcoming byelections could jeopardize Prime Minister Mark Carney's majority; losing three Liberal MPs would leave the governing party with 171 seats in the House, just one shy of the threshold.
- Once seats are vacated, the government has 11 to 180 days to call a byelection, with campaigns required to last at least 36 days before voters head to the polls.
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Bloc MP Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay leaves caucus to run for Parti Québécois
OTTAWA - Bloc Québécois MP Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay is leaving his party's caucus to run for the Parti Québécois in the fall provincial election.
·Toronto, Canada
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Bloc MP to resign his seat to run provincially for Parti Québécois this fall
Bloc Québécois MP Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay is expected to resign his seat once the House rises for the summer break in order to run in this fall's Quebec provincial election, Radio-Canada has learned.
·Canada
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The elected, now independent, will hand over his resignation to the federal government by the end of the parliamentary session.
·Montreal, Canada
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Total News Sources39
Leaning Left28Leaning Right2Center7Last UpdatedBias Distribution76% Left
Bias Distribution
- 76% of the sources lean Left
76% Left
L 76%
C 19%
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