Quebec Liberals set new guidelines for leadership race, name ethics officer

The Quebec Liberal Party has outlined the rules for its second leadership contest in less than a year, imposing new ethical guidelines in the race to replace former leader Pablo Rodriguez. Rodriguez resigned in December, saying he had become a “distraction” for his party after his successful run for leadership had been plagued with a series of ethics allegations. Although Rodriguez was never directly accused, a report in Le Journal de Montréal charged that some Liberal party m