Former Liberal MP and cabinet minister Irwin Cotler says he suggested that Liberal MP Anthony Housefather resign from the party’s caucus to sit as an independent, as anger toward the Liberals from the Jewish population of Housefather’s riding of Mount Royal would make the upcoming electoral race difficult.
“I don’t think that [Housefather] should be punished because of the desire to punish the Liberal party, which was part of the dynamic in Toronto–St Paul’s,” said Cotler, who held the Mount Royal riding before Housefather.
