Vrai Changement leader won't run for Projet Montréal leadership
Deadline to apply for Projet Montréal leadership campaign is Oct. 15
The current leader of Vrai Changement has announced that she will not run for the leadership race of Projet Montréal.
Justine McIntyre, who is a councillor in Pierrefonds-Roxboro, told Radio-Canada that the looming Oct. 15 deadline to apply for the race is too soon for her to properly prepare for the campaign.
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"Projet Montréal's opening to permit new candidates sends a strong message," she said. "But the creation of this alternative requires more time."
However, McIntyre didn't completely nix the idea of Projet Montréal joining forces with Vrai Changement, a small party in terms of numbers and seats, before Montreal's municipal election in 2017.
She told Radio-Canada she wishes talks between the two parties continue in hopes of providing a united front to "offer a strong alternative to Denis Coderre."
The Projet Montréal leadership race so far has three candidates: councillors François Limoges, Valérie Plante, and Guillaume Lavoie.
With files from Radio-Canada