“He’s likely to get away with it, but that doesn\u0027t mean there will not be long\u002Dterm consequences for his career — in terms of promotion, of becoming a minister,” political scientist says.
In an interview after the vote, Housefather said he gave higher-ups advance warning.
When dissension does happen, normally the MP has had discussions with his party in advance. Not giving a heads-up can get an MP reprimanded or thrown out of the caucus. A former president of anglophone-rights group Alliance Quebec and mayor of Côte-St-Luc, Housefather is plugged into Montreal’s anglophone community. He won his seat by more than 13,000 votes in 2021.Article content
“At the same time, they are thinking about the anglophone community because they have been supporting the Liberals for a very long time.”Article content That’s especially true for any future post that would touch on language or culture, he added, because opposition parties would zero in on his opposition to the language law.
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