Liberal president steps down

During 2006, I believe I saw Senator Marie Poulin every time I passed through an airport. She was campaigning hard to be president of the Liberal party, visiting every nook and corner of Canada.

Yesterday, she announced she was stepping down because she had suffered a small stroke. Though expected to make a full recovery, Poulin said in a press release that the Liberal party needed someone who could do the job on a full-time basis in advance of a potential election.

The word is that an interim, acting president will be chosen in the meantime. No word yet on who's the lucky designate. If there is no election this year (or even perhaps if there is), the Liberals are due to hold a policy convention in Vancouver in December, where a new president will be elected.

Comments

[bob ward]

I have a question:
The CP story says "Poulin said that for now she tires too easily to put in the 40 or 50 hours of work that the party job demands each week."

If she is putting in 40-50 hours a week working for the Liberal Party of Canada as its President......when does she get time to work as a senator representing northern Ontario?

just askin