Quebec Liberal Leader Pablo Rodriguez is facing increasing pressure from prominent Liberals to step down amid an ongoing crisis within the party.
But the former federal cabinet minister insists he will remain in office and that he can still win the next provincial election.
“I was elected by the party members because they know I have the experience to beat the (governing Coalition Avenir Québec) and beat the Parti Québécois,” the embattled leader told reporters Thursday morning on the sidelines of his party’s caucus meeting in Quebec City. “I’m not going anywhere.”
A day earlier, Quebec’s anti-corruption police announced they were launching a criminal investigation of the Quebec Liberals, following allegations of vote-buying during the leadership race that Rodriguez won in June….