Friday, April 1, 2011

Who will run for parliament in the Nunavut riding?

As of right now (as far as I know), there are  no candidates lined up to compete against Minister of Health Leona Aglukkaq  in the riding of Nunavut.  Neither the NDP nor the Liberals have been able to find a candidate so far although the Greens had a candidate initially, but he withdrew from the race shortly after being announced.  

So at this point it doesn't seem likely that anyone is going to be able to put up a decent challenge to Aglukkaq in this riding despite several websites predicting that this will be a "race to watch."  In 2008 Aglukkaq won by 5.5% with about 35% of the vote.  I expect the margin to be a little bigger this time.

Minister Aglukkaq (Shown here preparing to slap political opponents)