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• ADQ, RIP

  
  The Nexus of Assholery — Authority: 428
  Gilles Taillon resigns as leader, party fades into history books If there was any doubt that the Action Democratique du Quebec is all but officially dead it was almost certainly wiped away when Gilles Taillon resigned as leader less than a month into his tenure. Taillons resignation quickly follows the departure ...
  3 weeks ago

• From the "it could be worse" files

  
  CalgaryGrit — Authority: 514
  Are you an embattled Canadian political party leader? Well… it could be worse : Outgoing ADQ Leader Gilles Taillon claims he was the victim of a plot organized by the party establishment and federal Quebec Tories that led to his political downfall only three weeks after winning the leadership.
  3 weeks ago

• Gilles Taillon: The Tories made me resign!

  
  Freedom is My Nationality — Authority: 426
  According to the Globe & Mail , former ADQ leader Gilles Taillon is blaming the Conservative Party of Canada for his ousting. His story is that after he cut ties with the federal party they conspired to throw him overboard. This tale does not really scan right. First of all such ties were to the advantage of the ...
  3 weeks ago

• Parting shots

  
  Impolitical — Authority: 565
  Gilles Taillon writes an open letter to the media about his exit as leader of the ADQ . Clearly, he views his effort to distance the ADQ from the federal Conservatives, and his expression of intent to do just that in a face to face meeting with Senator Leo Housakos, as having sown unrest in the party against him. How ...
  3 weeks ago

• The ADQ drag

  
  Impolitical — Authority: 565
  Interesting goings on in Quebec. The ADQ is falling apart as the brand new leader resigns amidst fleeing caucus members. This story is of interest to observers of the federal scene given Harpers choice to ally Conservatives with the ADQ over the past few years and his choice to elevate Leo Housakos, an ADQ activist, ...
  3 weeks ago

• Action Democratique du Quebec is collapsing

  
  Freedom is My Nationality — Authority: 426
  A few days ago I commented that I thought the ADQ was doomed. Well one more nail was stuck into the coffin by the leader, Gilles Tallion, who resigned after less than a month as leader. It could be viewed as a good thing. A controversial leader stepping down, and his controversial opponent promised not to run ...
  3 weeks ago

• Dr Roy in Oz and the ADQ in Quebec

  
  Dr Roy's Thoughts — Authority: 442
  I have arrived in Sydney Australia. I am attending the wedding of a close friend in Melbourne. The flight was very easy. I went business and I was actually able to sleep in the sleeper seats!The weather is glorious. It is now 22 degrees Celsius. I was happy to hear of the two Tory byelection wins and I not that ...
  3 weeks ago

• Jean Charest Offers to Nail ADQ Coffin Shut

  
  The Nexus of Assholery — Authority: 428
  Charest offers welcome to ADQ defectors With the Action Democratique du Quebec still reeling after the departure of defeated leadership candidate Eric Caire and former house Marc Picard from its ranks , Jean Charest has evidently detected the opportunity to lay the ADQ to rest for good. Hes offered Picard and ...
  3 weeks ago

• Two More Nails in the ADQ Coffin

  
  The Nexus of Assholery — Authority: 428
  Caire, Picard split from ADQ Gilles Taillons efforts to salvage the Action Democratique du Quebec from the ashes of its drubbing in the 2008 Quebec Provincial Election has just become much more difficult. Eric Caire, Taillons primary rival for the ADQ leadership, and Marc Picard, the partys former House Leader, ...
  3 weeks ago

• The Action Democratique du Qubec is doomed

  
  Freedom is My Nationality — Authority: 426
  A couple weeks ago the ADQ membership elected a leader, Gilles Taillon , who is dedicated to moving the party more to the centre. The lesson of the turbulent rise and falls of the ADQ demonstrate one thing: the party is at its best when it is unabashedly conservative. The next piece of news that came out of Quebec ...
  4 weeks ago

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