Canada’s Best Ever Heritage Minister Seeks Liberal Party Presidency

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Sheila Copps is gearing up to run for the presidency of the federal Liberal party and steer it back to greener pastures. She came out fighting by announcing that she will fight any plans to have the party merge with the NDP.

MONTREAL – Former cabinet minister and the best heritage minister Canada ever had – Sheila Copps – has announced she will run for the presidency of the federal Liberals and fight any plans to have the party merge with the NDP.

Copps said she disagrees with former prime minister Jean Chretien’s comment that it is only a matter of time before the Liberals and the NDP become one entity, reported Canadian Press.

She believes the party should instead unite internally so it can return to being a strong centrist option.

“I think we need to do some internal merging….so I don’t agree with my colleague and friend Mr. Chretien that the only solution is merging the Liberals and the NDP,” Copps told The Canadian Press on Wednesday.

Copps, 58, said it is important that the Liberals resurrect themselves to help counter Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Conservatives.

“If he (Harper) wants to get rid of the Liberal party, it is not to help the NDP,” Copps said.

“He wants to get rid of the Liberal party because he feels if there is a vacated centre and the country goes into two polar opposites, there’s a good chance he could stay in power in perpetuity.”

As for why she wants to become Liberal party president, Copps said: “I’ve got the seven-year itch and it needs scratching.”