Heard On The Hill

Quebec Conservative MP Blaney bows out, so that’s 22 incumbents not running in next election

Plus, access-to-information guru, Ken Rubin donates his organic farm near Gatineau Park to ACRE Land Trust.

Not running: Bloc MP Louise Charbonneau, top left, Conservative MP Peter Kent, Conservative MP David Sweet, Liberal MP Bob Bratina, Infrastructure Minister Catherine McKenna, Conservative MP Steve Blaney, Liberal MP Lyne Bessette, NDP MP Mumilaaq Qaqqaq, Bloc MP Simon Marcil, Conservative MP Phil McColeman, Liberal MP Navdeep Bains; and Liberal MP Geoff Regan, above left, Liberal MP Pat Finnigan, NDP MP Scott Duvall, Liberal MP Kate Young, Liberal MP Paul Lefebvre, NDP MP Jack Harris, Conservative MP Tom Lukiwski, Conservative MP Cathy McLeod, Independent MP Jody Wilson-Raybould, Liberal MP Wayne Easter, and Conservative MP Bruce Stanton.The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade, Sam Garcia, and courtesy of Liberal and Bloc Québécois parties

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BY Zainab Al-Mehdar

July 26, 2021

Conservative MP Steven Blaney, who was first elected in 2006 in Bellechasse-Les Etchemins-Lévis, Que., says he won't run in the next election, making him the 22nd incumbent MP who will be not be running. [caption id="attachment_308182" align="aligncenter" width="600"]

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