Former Montreal mayor Denis Coderre has disqualified himself as a candidate for the Liberal leadership by not paying his taxes, according to the MNA for Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Désirée McGraw.
“Anyone who doesn’t pay their taxes disqualifies them as a candidate. Sorry, but in Quebec, we pay our taxes,” she said on the sidelines of the Quebec Liberal Party caucus in Gatineau on Wednesday. “I’m not the one who makes these decisions, but I hope that the rules (of the race) will be very clear that people pay their taxes as a matter of course.”
McGraw has already decided to support federal Transport Minister Pablo Rodriguez in the leadership race, even though he is not yet an official candidate.
Coderre’s troubles with the taxman are mounting. On Wednesday morning, FM 93 reported that the former federal minister owed an additional $68,000 to Revenue Québec. This amount is on top of a further $66,000, which was already reported …