Boulerice Leaves NDP for Québec Solidaire

0:00Aleksandra Boularis, the last standing MP from Quebec's massive orange wave in the 2011 federal election, is about to reveal his next. Political move this Monday, he's the only new Democratic Party rep left in the province, and word is, he's jumping ship to run provincially. Sources inside Quebec's solidaire say Boularis plans to seek the nomination in the Guam writing, taking over from Gabriel Nadau Dubois, who's stepping, down at the end of his term. This means the NDP loses its final Quebec foothold. The party now drops to just five MPs in the House of Commons, all clustered in Western Ontario. Fans remember Boularis as a key survivor from Jack Layton's breakthrough, when the NDP grabbed 59 seats in Quebec alone out of 75. Back in late March, right before the NDP picked Abbey Lewis as their new leader, Boularis called switching to Quebec's solidaire a serious option. Lewis tried to talk him out of it, expressing disappointment over how little French played in the leadership race.

1:00We'll see how this shake-up plays out for left-leaning politics in Quebec, with Boularis' announcement just days away. I'm Corey with the story, that's your Canada News Today update, AI powered and always on.