Locally, the announced termination of the “Confidence and Supply Agreement” between the Federal New Democratic Party and Justin Trudeau’s Liberals may not have much effect on who wins the Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke Riding in the next election.
In fact, incumbent Cheryl Gallant was somewhat surprised that NDP leader Jagmeet Singh pulled the plug on the “coalition” deal.
Cheryl believes the NDP’s rebranding efforts will fall short.
Our local member Cheryl Gallant’s popularity appears to be such that often all other candidates combined do not exceed her vote totals.
in a constituency where she has held the incumbency since 2000, Cheryl Galant was first elected as a member of the Canadian Alliance Party.
By Rick Stow