Grassroots Liberals want five-term Quebec Liberal MP Paradis to ‘show good judgment’ and not seek re-election in 2019

‘The role of the [riding] association is not to focus on the MP’s interests, but rather to promote and protect the interests of the membership,’ says newly-elected riding association president Guillaume Tétrault.

Five-term Liberal MP Denis Paradis, left, pictured with rookie Liberal MP Frank Baylis. A group of about 200 grassroots Liberals in the riding who call themselves 'L'équipe du revouveau' or 'Renewal Team' want Mr. Paradis, 69, to either not seek re-election in 2019, or run for nomination in the riding claiming, their MP has lost the support of the grassroots Liberals.The Hill Times file photograph

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BY ABBAS RANA

September 3, 2018

A group of about 200 grassroots Liberals in the Quebec riding of Brome-Missisquoi wants Denis Paradis, 69, to either not seek re-election in 2019, or to face a nomination contest, and in a show of their displeasure with the five-term MP they defeated eight of the 11 candidates on the Liberal MP’s ...

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