Monday, July 27, 2009

Crossing The Nationalist Divide

Greenfield Park municipal candidates Michael O'Grady (left) and Jason Matuzewiski speak in front of a mural in Greenfield Park. Matuzewiski and O'Grady will run this fall on the slate of Longueuil mayoral candidate Caroline St. Hilaire, a sovereignist. Photograph by: Dario Ayala, The Gazette

From The Montreal Gazette:

When Michael O'Grady heard about the Julius Grey affair in the town of Hampstead, it reminded him of his own situation in the South Shore suburb of Greenfield Park.

"There's an element in my community that sees me as a traitor, too," says O'Grady, 49.

O'Grady is running for a seat in Longueuil city hall this fall on a slate headed by a sovereignist - Caroline St-Hilaire, a former two-term Bloc Québécois MP.

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My Comment: I always find it amusing when liberals decide to join an organization that openlyespouses discrimination against different ethnic/cultural groups.

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