Transport Minister is listening to the overtures, sources tell The Globe and Mail
Minister of Transport Pablo Rodriguez speaks to reporters ahead of a cabinet meeting on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Tuesday, June 11, 2024.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Quebec lieutenant and long-time ally and cabinet minister is being courted by provincial Liberals to leave federal politics and jump into the Quebec Liberal Party’s leadership race, according to sources who say Pablo Rodriguez is listening to the overtures.
Three Liberal sources say Mr. Rodriguez is being approached to run for the provincial party, which has fared poorly in recent elections and struggled to attract big names for its leadership race. Two of those sources said he is having a lot of conversations and hearing from many people who are trying to convince him to run provincially. One of the two sources said he listening to the pitch being made. The third source said Mr. Rodriguez is seriously considering making the move.
Mr. Rodriguez’s political career started in the Quebec Liberal Party, where he was part of the youth wing when Robert Bourrassa was Quebec premier, his office said.
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