The NDP has withdrawn the candidacy of Pierre Nantel in Longueuil-Saint-Hubert because he has talks with the Green party about possibly running for them. He is out of caucus.
Didn't he also flirt with the Bloc Quebecois and/or the Parti Quebecois? Seems like a strange person.
A few months ago there were news stories asking if he would join the Bloc. He was seen at a restaurant with the Bloc leader. I heard then they are long time friends.
Nantel could be considered a nationalist. Fought on issues of culture and language. He went against his party and voted for the motion on a single tax return in Quebec with the Conservative and Bloc.
In January he said Quebec MPs of all parties should better defend Quebec's interest in Ottawa.
https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2019/01/23/le-quebec-est-mal-represente-a-ottawa-selon-un-depute-du-npd
Seems like he could fit in the Bloc. His priority is climate emergency so maybe he saw the Greens as the best option for that. He wrote the climate emergency must be put ahead of independance, and for months invited parties to put away their differences for the planet, not let the two pro-oil partiies (Conservative and Liberal) increase oil production. I don't know if it means some electoral alliance between the other parties.
https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1263535/npd-destitution-candidat-pierre-nantel-parti-vert-elections-federales
Nantel strikes me very much as someone who wants to be in the room where it happens, and joining the Greens is an odd move to do that. Joining the Bloc would allow him to combine his Quebec nationalism with his progressive ideals, whilst also providing him with a potential seat if Trudel stood down in favour of him.
