Bloc chief Martin Ouellet puts down revolt against her leadership

QUEBEC — Embattled Bloc Québécois leader Martine Ouellet has managed to put down for now an open mutiny against her leadership.
Emerging from an emergency caucus meeting of the Bloc’s 10 MPs in Ottawa, Ouellet said she apologized to former interim party leader Rhéal Fortin for an incident in which Ouellet’s chief of staff tried to sully Fortin’s name in a clan power struggle.
“If I hurt him, I apologize,” Ouellet told reporters. “I h