The Globe and Mail: Hélène Laverdière always favoured the NDP in private, but she was officially neutral as a Canadian diplomat posted in Chile, Senegal and the United States.
Now her political views are on public display as the 55-year-old is one of the most famous rookies in the NDP caucus that is taking Ottawa by storm. As she grabs her new ID card and gets briefed on parliamentary procedure in Ottawa this week, Ms. Laverdière is already known on the Hill as the vanquisher of former Bloc Québécois leader Gilles Duceppe.
The new MP for the Montreal riding of Laurier-Sainte-Marie ran in the hopes of promoting NDP policies in Quebec, and did not anticipate bringing down a giant of the sovereignty movement.
“I didn’t run against Gilles Duceppe; I ran for the NDP,” she said.
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