Boulerice Leaves NDP for Québec Solidaire

0:00It's April 24th. Welcome to Canada News Today, powered by AI. I'm Corey with the story. Federal New Democratic Party MP Alexandra Bula Ries is jumping ship from Ottawa to run provincially with Quebec Soledair in the 2026. Quebec election. He set to announce a Monday at a news conference in Montreal, leaving the NDP without a single seat in Quebec since he was their last one after the federal vote. News about this switch have been buzzing for weeks and Quebec Soledair rolled out the welcome mat despite their own poll struggles. They even bent their rules back in February to let a sovereignist left-wing guy run in the goo and riding, which opens up after the current holder steps. Aside, this hits the NDP hard, though dropped to just five seats in the House of Commons and lose official party status. A by-election will fire up in Bula Ries' longtime federal riding of Rosemont-Lapatite Patriee, where he's held strong since winning in the 20. 11 orange wave.

1:01New NDP leader Abby Lewis made a personal plea to keep him, staring him down after his own leadership win in March, with 56 percent on the first. Ballet. But Bula Ries didn't bite, and there's no word yet from the party on the fallout. As Quebec's political scene heats up toward October's vote, this move could shake up left-wing votes big time, with Bula Ries bringing his profile to. Bush, Quebec Solidaires, chances.