Liberal MP Housefather Says Deep Leftward Shift in Party Since 2019 Has Left Him Feeling Alienated

Published on March 26, 2024

The Liberal Party’s further shift leftward since 2019 and deviation from its traditional roots has made Anthony Housefather feel like he doesn’t quite fit in the party, the Montreal MP said in a recent media interview.   “I believe that I am a liberal who would have been very comfortable in the Paul Martin and Jean Chrétien Liberal parties,” he said during a March 24 interview on the Roy Green Show. “I was comfortable in our caucus in the 2015 to 2019 period. Since then, I feel that things have happened that have left me on the outside. I’m very much a centrist. I’m not too far to the left.”...

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