What do the federal New Democrats, the Alberta and federal Conservatives, and Quebec’s two main sovereigntist parties have in common?
Chantal Hebert
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These days they are all looking for someone to lead them out of the wilderness.
The similarities don’t stop there. In none of their cases is the quest for a new leader just a routine changing of the guard.
To varying degrees, the long-standing flagship parties of the Canadian right, the country’s left and Quebec’s secession movement have lost their sense of their place in a shifting political universe.
They are all struggling with divisive existential issues that will have to be resolved before they can take the fight to their political rivals. And none has a larger-than-life figure in sight to paper over the cracks.
The Parti Quebecois will be choosing a leader for the second time in little more than a year on Oct. 7. …
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