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The fall of Stephane Dion

by adambemma | October 19, 2008 at 01:12 pm

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On election night in Canada, news reporter Adam Bemma attended Stephane Dion's event at the Montreal Sheraton Hotel on Cote-De-Liesse. During the evening many supporters were beginning to realize that a challenge to the Liberal Party leadership would soon take place. Here is Adam Bemma's report from the Oct. 14 federal election.

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Rachel Nixon

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at 16:36 on October 19th, 2008

adambemma, great report. Let's see what happens with the announcement on Monday.

Jon Azpiri

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at 16:47 on October 19th, 2008

adambemma, thanks for the great audio report. At this point, it looks like Dion's departure is a fait accompli. CTV is reporting that Dion will step down Monday.

CTV reported Saturday night that it has learned veteran Toronto-area MP John McCallum will be named interim Liberal leader if Stephane Dion resigns the position on Monday.
McCallum, a former chief economist with the Royal Bank of Canada, is the Liberal finance critic and is also bilingual.

Dion hasn't tipped his hand, but could announce on Monday that he will resign, but stay on as leader until his successor is chosen at a leadership convention.

However, Liberal insiders say that would make Dion a lame duck leader, and would delay the party's urgently needed rebuilding process.