M. Grégoire
@evan Jean Charest, to name a local politician, resigned from the federal cabinet after he had contacted a judge about a constituent's case. Eventually he returned to cabinet, and his political career continued with a reasonable record of achievement.
Many such cases; WSC also comes to mind.
It's good for politicians to resign when they are responsible for a grave error. We want to encourage such choices. But it needn't be the end.
Evan Prodromou
@mpjgregoire It would have been a shame to deny the Quebec public the experience of his creative fundraising techniques!
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enqu%C3%AAte_M%C3%A2churer?wprov=sfla1
M. Grégoire
@evan Perhaps you've forgotten the 1995 referendum campaign? The 1998 Québec election in which the Liberals won more votes than the PQ, setting the stage for Lucien Bouchard's resignation? The defeat of the PQ in 2003? I think his premiership was fairly successful as well.
As to the fundraising, it's hard to say what the truth of the matter was. Certainly nothing was proven about Mr. Charest himself, despite the investigations.
Evan Prodromou
@mpjgregoire Fair enough!
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