Deciding whether Rae should be allowed to run for Liberal leader a ‘minefield’

Liberals are split on whether interim leader Bob Rae should reneg on a promise not to run for the permanent leader's job. 'I don’t have any other intentions than to do what I’m doing and if the party has other intentions, they’ll have to figure that out,' Mr. Rae says.

OTTAWA—Despite a growing view among Liberal Party brass and MPs that it would be acceptable to disengage Interim Liberal Leader Bob Rae from his promise not to contest the post on a permanent basis and run in the party’s leadership next year, the question is simmering below...

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