Larry Smith has announced that the Upper House is all fine and dandy but he wants to sit in the House of Commons.
CBC TV [and everyone else] reports that Mr. Smith will run for the Conservatives in Montreal West Island riding of Lac- Saint-Louis. This riding is presently held by Francis Scarpaleggia. Mr. Smith is going to sit in the Senate for now, but by law will have to step down to run for the House of Commons. That's what Quebec Conservative Michael Fortier did in the 2008 federal election. His bid was unsuccessful.
Interestingly the last Tory to represent the riding was Bob Layton, the father of NDP leader Jack Layton.
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