Despite a disclaimer, Couillard is “very comfortable” nominating liberal

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Philippe Couillard is “very comfortable” with the amount of aspirants who appear to wear the colors of the QLP.

Charles Lecavalier

Wednesday, march 7, 2018 10:57

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Philippe Couillard downplays the withdrawal of the liberal candidate in d’iberville, Martin Thibert, who had been invested in November in the company of two ministers of the government.

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“You’ll have some more news in the coming weeks, the next few months. People of great quality who raises their hand to be a candidate, I am very comfortable,” launched by the prime minister on Wednesday on the sidelines of a week-long mission in France.

Yet, less than four months after having formalized his candidacy for the Quebec liberal Party (QLP), in d’iberville, the mayor of Saint-Sebastien, Martin Thibert, has decided to retire, revealed Tuesday by the Journal.

Mr. Thibert, who had confirmed his nomination in November in the presence of ministers Stéphane Billette and Robert Poëti, said that he preferred rather to run for the presidency of the school board of his region.

“In this case it is for personal reasons,” said Philippe Couillard, who believes that this decision has absolutely nothing to do with the polls, where the LIBERALS obtained 26 % of voting intentions, compared to 37% for the CAQ.

“On the contrary, there are more and more people. These are very good signs,” said the prime minister. He said to receive a lot of resumes. “Absolutely,” he started.