MP Pierre Nantel Dumped As NDP Candidate For Reportedly Discussing Run With Greens

OTTAWA — The New Democrats booted Quebec MP Pierre Nantel out of the party’s federal election fold Friday after confirming with him that he is in discussions to run for the Green party instead.Nantel has been a New Democrat MP for the riding of Longueuil—Saint-Hubert since 2011 and had already been nominated as the NDP candidate in the riding for the Oct. 21 vote.In an interview with La Presse Canadienne, Nantel said the “climate crisis” is an issue of great importa