Quebec Liberals want Champagne for the provincial leadership—and he’s not ruling it out

Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne’s name generates the ‘most interest and enthusiasm’ amongst Quebec Liberals for the provincial party’s top job, says a top Quebec Liberal Party source.
Quebec Liberals are wooing Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne for the provincial party's top job.

MONTREAL—François-Philippe Champagne is one of a few Liberal ministers seen as a potential successor to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as leader of the federal Liberals, but some Quebec Liberals have another idea in mind for the current industry minister.

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