Bloc Quebecois youth wing drops support for Martine Ouellet
MONTREAL — The youth wing of the Bloc Quebecois has become the latest group to withdraw its support for embattled leader Martine Ouellet, declaring Wednesday she’s not the one to bring the crumbling sovereigntist party together again.
Members of the youth wing’s executive said in a statement they don’t believe Ouellet has the necessary qualities to end the crisis within the party.
The youth wing publicly supported Ouellet when she became leader last year and even after seven MPs quit the party in late February over her leadership style.
But youth delegates have since soured on Ouellet, whose leadership approach has been described by some as controlling and uncompromising.