What are the rules when cabinet minister is dating a politician from the opposition?

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Stephen Gordon
What are the rules when cabinet minister is dating a politician from the opposition?

This is a bit of a poser. This morning's Le Soleil reports that Vice-Premier Nathalie Nomandeau has acknowledged a relationship with ADQ MNA François Bonnardel. (Gazette matching story in English.) The Soleil piece is accompanied by a few comments to the extent that although there's no scandal in that, it does raise certain questions for their parties' respective leaderships.For example, there are now rumours that Bonnardel is going to defect to the PLQ.

OTOH, Chantal Hébert notes that it's unlikely that many journalists will be throwing many stones, if only because there are so many politician-journalist couples in which both partners are capable - or claim to be capable - of separating their public and private lives.

Stephen Gordon

Oh crap. A typo in the title, and I can't change it.

Stockholm

This could be James Carville and Mary Matalin all over again!

Let's not forget that when Belinda Stronach crossed to the Liberals to accept a bribe from Paul Martin (ie: being instantly named Industry Minister) - she initially saw no reason why her relationship with Peter McKay couldn't just continue with business as usual. He thought differently and went to his potato farm to sulk.

N.Beltov N.Beltov's picture

Meh. All that it shows is that the political differences between various bourgeois politicians is not as great as they would have us all believe, and, therefore, sometimes the curtain is raised on the show when matters of the heart intervene.

Then the whip comes down.