Bob Rae, former Premier of Ontario and Member of Parliament for Toronto Centre, is being put forward as interim Liberal Party leader. Jean Chretien is urging Liberals to support the Toronto MP as interim leader. “Sources” tell the Canadian Press, former prime minister has been phoning dozens of defeated and re-elected MPs since the Liberal party’s historic defeat in Monday’s election. The once-mighty party was reduced to third place with only 34 MPs. Even Leader Michael Ignatieff lost his seat. Since then, MPs say Chretien has been calling around, promoting the idea that Rae should be interim leader for up to two years. That would give the party time to pick itself up off the mat before launching into a contest to choose a permanent successor to Ignatieff. It’s not surprising “sources” told CP because any strategy to do this would involve getting people to talk about it. Bob Rae touted as interim Liberal leader
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Bob Rae, former Premier of Ontario and Member of Parliament for Toronto Centre, is being put forward as interim Liberal Party leader. Jean Chretien is urging Liberals to support the Toronto MP as interim leader. “Sources” tell the Canadian Press, former prime minister has been phoning dozens of defeated and re-elected MPs since the Liberal party’s historic defeat in Monday’s election. The once-mighty party was reduced to third place with only 34 MPs. Even Leader Michael Ignatieff lost his seat. Since then, MPs say Chretien has been calling around, promoting the idea that Rae should be interim leader for up to two years. That would give the party time to pick itself up off the mat before launching into a contest to choose a permanent successor to Ignatieff. It’s not surprising “sources” told CP because any strategy to do this would involve getting people to talk about it. 