Péladeau the best foe federalists could know

Although many observers doubted that PKP—who had turned out to be anything but a natural politician-would go the distance to the next Quebec campaign, Monday's announcement was a surprise. From his party's perspective it has two significant merits.

Pierre Karl Péladeau, pictured Dec. 7, 2014. Mr. Péladeau is leaving two full years before the election, leaving more than enough time for the PQ to regroup under a successor. And then, as opposed to some of his predecessors, he is not quitting on the heels of the kind of divisive leadership crisis that has long been in the DNA of his party.Photograph courtesy Samounet

Opinion

BY CHANTAL HÉBERT

May 9, 2016

MONTREAL—Pierre Karl Péladeau, who abruptly resigned Monday as leader of the Parti Québécois for family reasons after less than a year on the job was as close to a winning condition for federalism as the sovereigntist movement could provide. On that basis, his sudden departure is not good news ...

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