A Quebec legislature member who was kicked out of the Liberal caucus in 2022 has returned to the party and is supporting Pablo Rodriguez in the leadership race.
Marie-Claude Nichols made the announcement today at the party’s headquarters in Montreal alongside Rodriguez, a former federal cabinet minister under Justin Trudeau.
She was removed from the party after falling out with former leader Dominique Anglade shortly after the Liberals’ poor election performance in 2022.
Nichols, who has been representing the Vaudreuil riding as an Independent, says the Liberals need to be the party of the economy, and the recent downgrading of Quebec’s credit rating by Standard & Poor’s spurred her decision to return….