Heard On The Hill

Comeback kids? Ex-MPs Brosseau and Aldag join the race at 11th hour

Plus: two former prime ministers lend a hand on the campaign trail, defence group wants the party leaders to debate defence policy, and two big political conferences are happening in Ottawa this week.

Former NDP MP Ruth Ellen Brosseau, left, pictured with Alexandre Boulerice, and ex-Liberal MP John Aldag each announced they are running in their former stomping grounds in Quebec and British Columbia, respectively.Photographs courtesy of Facebook, Instagram

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BY CHRISTINA LEADLAY

April 9, 2025

UPDATED April 11, 2025

In the last days before nominations for the federal election closed on April 7, former NDP MP Ruth Ellen Brosseau and ex-Liberal MP John Aldag each announced they are running again.

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