Loading ...Irwin Cotler, the former Liberal cabinet minister and former MP for Mount Royal, says he recommended his successor Anthony Housefather resign from his party’s caucus and sit as an Independent this spring as he prepares to face a “formidable” Conservative opponent next election
When the Liberals’ policies on Israel had Quebec MP Housefather seriously considering crossing the floor to the Conservatives, Cotler said he should instead sit as an Independent
he thinks Housefather is in for a rough ride in the next election due to growing anger from the riding’s large Jewish population towards the governing Liberals, particularly their positions on Israel and antisemitism since the Oct. 7 terrorist attack by Hamas.
The riding has elected Liberals — including former prime minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau — since 1940.