WATCH: The Quebec Liberal Party has been without a permanent leader since November 2022, when Former Leader Dominique Anglade stepped down following a major election loss. As Franca Mignacca reports, there has been little public interest in taking on the party's leadership role since then, and some are hoping that by delaying the leadership vote to 2025, more potential candidates will emerge.
“I think the sooner, the better, for the Liberal Party,” said William Baril, a member of the Liberal Party’s Youth Wing in Rouyn-Noranda and a staffer for Liberal MNA Frédéric Beauchemin. “The Liberal associations in all the regions of Quebec need to have a clear pathway in front of them and it’s really difficult to raise funds when you don’t have a leader.
“I’m 100 per cent confident that everything will be in the past. It’s a misunderstanding,” Beauchemin told reporters. “We’ll move forward. I don’t think it’s going to influence the process.” He says there are other potential candidates out there, outside of the party’s caucus, and they have just been waiting for the leadership race regulations to be published before throwing their hats in the ring.