PCC leadership: Conservative MP Joel Godin supports Jean Charest

After Alain Reyes, Joel Godin, the fifth Conservative MP from Quebec, Dominic Vienna, Gerard Deltell and Bernard Generex, officially announced their support for Jean-Charles for party leadership.

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The Portneff-Jacques-Cartier MP announced his decision on Twitter on Tuesday afternoon.

“After the announcement of Tasha Khiriddin’s withdrawal from the CCP leadership race and with the aim of keeping the Conservative Party of Canada united and the Progressive Conservative, I will support candidate Jean Charest if he decides to stay in the race,” he tweeted.

Remember that Mr. Charrest’s candidacy is an open secret, Should be officially announced on Thursday.

In an interview with Newspaper, Mr. Godin said he completed his reflection on Monday evening. “I, for one, am defending Canada’s Conservative Party, uniting it and making it progressive-conservative. The only candidate left on my list is Jean Charrest. I declare to you that I support Jean-Charles, ”he said.

His future is tied to Charrest

Mr. Mr. Godin has made his own future in federal politics as the head of the CPC. Tied to the eventual election of Charrest. “I want that party to be progressive-conservative. Otherwise, I will start my reflection on my political future, ”he left, fearing a split in the conservative forces if another candidate wins the chief ministership.

Mr. Godin strongly believes that Jean-Charest is “a man capable of uniting the two isolates of social rights and progressive-conservatives”, and he also praised the experience of the former Prime Minister of Quebec in the regional and federal spheres. As well as its “international vision”.

His troubled past in PLQ did not frighten him. “Mature is behind the investigation and I think UPAC will suffer.”

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