Former Liberal justice minister endorses Bloc Québécois's Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe

Former Liberal justness curate and internationally renowned quality rights adept Irwin Cotler says Bloc Québécois campaigner Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe deserves enactment this election, careless of his governmental affiliation.

In a societal media station endorsing the incumbent MP connected Friday, Cotler said that Brunelle-Duceppe has been "an outstanding subordinate of Parliament, a starring dependable for the conflict for quality rights domestically and internationally and 1 who works crossed enactment lines successful hunt of the communal good.

"His candidacy deserves our support, careless of governmental affiliation," Cotler said.

Cotler served arsenic justness curate nether erstwhile premier curate Paul Martin. In 2020, helium was named arsenic Canada's peculiar envoy connected preserving Holocaust remembrance and combating antisemitism.

Brunelle-Duceppe was archetypal elected successful the riding of Lac-Saint-Jean successful 2019 and won his 2nd contention successful 2021. Before Parliament was dissolved successful precocious March, Brunelle-Duceppe was the Bloc's citizenship and migration critic.

On societal media, Brunelle-Duceppe said successful French that Cotler's endorsement "warms my heart."

The 2 men stock immoderate history. In November 2024, Cotler was informed by the RCMP that constabulary had foiled an Iranian crippled to termination him. The erstwhile Liberal curate told Radio-Canada astatine the clip helium had been nether constabulary extortion for implicit a year.

After the quality came out, Brunelle-Duceppe told the House of Commons his enactment volition ne'er judge that anyone's beingness should beryllium endangered implicit their opinions.

"We unreservedly condemn the decease threats against Mr. Cotler and we condemn the increasing temptation of overseas powers to perpetrate governmental assassinations connected Canadian and Quebec soil," Brunelle-Duceppe said past November. "Mr. Cotler, you are not alone."

Brunelle-Duceppe, lad of erstwhile Bloc leader Gilles Duceppe, also introduced a question to the House asking each MPs to condemn the decease threats against Cotler and admit his enactment to beforehand quality rights. The question was accepted by unanimous consent.